Bryony Shannon
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The words that float away
Towards the end of my London book launch, the fabulous Maff Potts mentioned his frustration with…
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‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…
Today is United Nations International Day of Older Persons, observed under the theme “Older Persons Driving Local…
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Letter to Bryony S
Yesterday I received a direct message on Instagram from Maria. She said she hoped I didn’t…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Professional
‘Professional’ is yet another of the ‘us and them’ words that dominate our narrative. It’s a…
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People with lived experience
In my previous ‘What do we call them?’ post, I wrote about ‘people we support’ and…
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Rewriting Social Care: the book!
You’ve read the blog, now read the book… Rewriting Social Care THE BOOK is now available…
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What do we call them?
As part of the Gloriously Ordinary Language programme I run with Tricia Nicoll, we spend a full day…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Signposting
“Signposting: “the act of telling someone which organization they need to go to to find the…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Demand
While many words make me go hmmm, there are some that make me squirm the most,…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Pathway
“Pathways: Not sure. But modelled on Hampton Court Maze.” Mark Neary [1] In everyday life, pathways…
Rewriting social care 