“Where has the spirit gone in the social services? For too long we have suppressed words of spirit and restricted our speech to the lifeless jargon of our professions.”Gord Tulloch and Sarah Schulman [1] There’s a beautiful book called ‘The lost words’ [2]. The book was created in response to the removal of everyday nature … Continue reading Missing words
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“We all want to live in the place we call home with the people and things that we love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing the things that matter to us. That’s the #SocialCareFuture we seek.”Social Care Future [1] We all want to live in the place we call home. It’s … Continue reading Home
Words that make me go hmmm: Care
Care. We use the term all the time. Care is described in a plan and delivered in a package. Care has a start date and an end date. It comes in episodes. Time frames. Short-term. Temporary. Intermediate. Respite. Long-term. End-of-life. Care has a cost. A fee. An invoice. A payment date. Care has records and … Continue reading Words that make me go hmmm: Care
Rewriting social care 