Mum of 4·Oct 16A Wife/Carer’s Cancer Story: When Life Was Finally Getting EasierWe finally had room to breathe. The children were growing up, the business was thriving, and our future looked bright. Then cancer arrived…
Care Quality Commission·Sep 17Closing the gap on variation in adult social care: learning from local authority assessmentsChris Badger, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, reflects on a recent parliamentary roundtable about CQC’s local authority assessment…
Deborah B. Gardner·May 17We don’t need the ‘but’.I don’t remember the first time someone said “Yeah, but you wouldn’t change him for the world, would you?”. I just know people have been…
Hold My (Sugar) Coat·May 12Words unspoken in cancer careYesterday we saw my Dad’s new oncologist. Our previous doctor was – as I’ve probably mentioned – a ray of relentless positivity. This…
Charles Ashton-Gray·May 12Care is seen as a valuable economic activityThis is the eighteenth piece in a series about the future of Adult Social Care in England.
adrian.ashton2·May 7After 20 years, it’s time to start reporting less impactI’ve always been an advocate of social impact reporting, ever since I first stumbled across its concepts in the 1990s.
adrian.ashton2·May 4does delayed gratification make you more resilient?I’ve recently been reflecting on my resilience practices (and how these have changed since I started out in 2005), as part of being a case…
Nia Phillips·Apr 21Terminal illness: Rituals for Release.Learning that there is no such thing as ‘after’.
This Is Not The Endo·Apr 5What happens when one of your carers becomes more disabled than you?If you asked my mum she would have said that she was my main carer and while she used to do a lot, I would not have said she was my main…A response icon1A response icon1
