Bryony Shannon
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Home
“We all want to live in the place we call home with the people and things…
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The virus and ‘the vulnerable’: have labels cost lives?
Aside from the devastating impact that the Coronavirus pandemic continues to have on lives and livelihoods,…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Care
Care. We use the term all the time. Care is described in a plan and delivered…
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Them, us and COVID-19
Coronavirus. COVID-19. Virus. Pandemic. Lockdown. Isolation. Distancing. Shielding. PPE. Keyworker. Zoom. Unprecedented. Our vocabulary has evolved…
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Rewriting social care
I don’t think anyone would dispute that adult social care needs to change. From the perspective…
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Doors, gates and thresholds
I read Wuthering Heights for the first time when I was a teenager. I adored the…
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And equally for healthcare 💟
Last Friday morning I tweeted a list of ten things I think we need to do…
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Joining the dots… letting love (back) in to social care
“We need to reclaim the concept of love, not as an abstract, all embracing, fantasy but…
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Love
“It’s a brave professional who talks about love and social care in the same sentence…” Alex…
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Hope
The days between Christmas and the new year offer time for reflection, for looking back at…