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'Who started Carer Mentor, and Why?'
February 2025
Feb 27
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Disrupting Internalised Misperceptions About Caregiving This Summer.
The reframe. Creating space, not frustrations, and thriving in the small moments.
Jun 26
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Victoria
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Disrupting Internalised Misperceptions About Caregiving This Summer.
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Caregiving Misperceptions and Realities
What are our socially conditioned assumptions about caregiving, caregivers and respite? What can we do to support one another in our communities?
Jun 20
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Bereavement & Grief Anthology
Mar 11
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Victoria
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Bereavement & Grief Anthology
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The Dementia Anthology
Jun 15
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The Dementia Anthology
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Caregiving Hacks & Tips
May 27
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'Walking the Talk'
Aug 28, 2024
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iCARE: The Cancer Anthology
Apr 18
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Victoria
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'How's our Community Network going?'
Jun 4, 2024
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Support Resources
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Cancer Information and Support Organisations
UK, US and Canada
Apr 23
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Useful links for advice, info and ideas
Carers organisation, discussion forums, news, everyday support
Feb 4
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A Caregiver's Top Ten 'Annual Re-Reads'
..and the current twenty books that are competing to be included.
Jan 22
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Victoria
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Disrupting Internalised Misperceptions About Caregiving This Summer.
The reframe. Creating space, not frustrations, and thriving in the small moments.
Jun 26
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Victoria
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This Caregiver's Respite and Review
#CarersWeek #CaringAboutEquality June 9-15.
Jun 8
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Victoria
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Index: For The Caregiver.
REFERENCE: The Caregiver's Journey, Self-Help Tools and Navigating Rollercoasters.
Apr 3
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Victoria
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Index: For The Caregiver.
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A Caregiver's agility wears thin
The only constant is change, so we adapt again.
Feb 19
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Victoria
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Giving/Receiving Care
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Caregiving Misperceptions and Realities
What are our socially conditioned assumptions about caregiving, caregivers and respite? What can we do to support one another in our communities?
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Caregiving Hacks & Tips
A Rolling List of Ideas
May 27
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Victoria
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Giving and Receiving Care Anthology
Articles about acts of giving and receiving care.
Apr 28
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'Beyond using the right words, how can we improve our interactions with doctors?'
#2 'How to close patient-doctor disconnects.'
Mar 18
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Victoria
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Emotional Agility
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Dr. Susan David's TedTalk: 'The Gift and Power of Emotional Agility.'
The One Video and Book that I consistently recommend to everyone.
Nov 18, 2024
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Dr. Susan David's TedTalk: 'The Gift and Power of Emotional Agility.'
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Resources: 'Managing the Mental Load'
Understanding and enabling yourself.
Nov 18, 2024
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Victoria
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Embracing The power of 'Not yet'
Professor Carol Dweck: 'Developing A Growth Mindset'.
Oct 31, 2024
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'The language of being human' by Poet Ali.
Do you speak Caregiving?
May 5, 2024
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Bereavement Grief
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Bereavement & Grief Anthology
Early Grief/Recent Bereavement/Living with Grief.
Mar 11
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Megan Devine 'How to handle the Advice you didn't ask for while grieving'
...and for many situations where unsolicited advice is given.
Nov 11, 2024
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Victoria
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Megan Devine 'How to handle the Advice you didn't ask for while grieving'
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'Here's what we get wrong about the 5 Stages of Grief.'
and my personal plea 'Don't grief-splain me'
Oct 23, 2024
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Victoria
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'Here's what we get wrong about the 5 Stages of Grief.'
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'Grief is messy. It's not a tidy five-stage path.'
Shankar Vedantam interviews Lucy Hone (Public Health Resilience Researcher).
Mar 13, 2024
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Victoria
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'Grief is messy. It's not a tidy five-stage path.'
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Walking Your Why
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'Walking the Talk'
Poem: One Carer's Purpose.
Aug 28, 2024
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Victoria
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Brain Rest
A short reflection and resources.
Aug 21, 2024
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Walking your Why: Mind the Gap recap!'
Checkpoints and a Cool Tool!
Aug 16, 2024
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Victoria
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'Mind the gap. Build a Bridge'
Building Awareness. Mindfully showing up for others.
Aug 14, 2024
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Victoria
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Cancer
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iCARE: The Cancer Care Journey
For & By People who CARE about Cancer. A Reference Index of Insights.
May 13
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Victoria
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Index: Cancer Articles & Resources
Building a community support network and resources.
Apr 28
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Victoria
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (UK)
What are the symptoms? 9 in 10 people survive bowel cancer if diagnosed at the earliest stage.
Apr 23
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Victoria
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (UK)
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Cancer Information and Support Organisations
UK, US and Canada
Apr 23
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Victoria
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iCARE: The Cancer Anthology
This anthology was launched on World Cancer Day for and by those with cancer and their caregivers (aka everyone around them).
Apr 18
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Victoria
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Dementia
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The Dementia Anthology
Articles By Dementia Caregivers and those Diagnosed with Dementia.
Jun 15
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Victoria
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Dementia, Music and Creativity Anthology
A Carer Mentor Community Collaboration
Jun 13
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Victoria
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Dementia and Photography: Photobombs and Communicating through Creativity.
Dementia Action Week 2025
May 25
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Mindfully Using Music with Dementia, and 'A Playlist for Life.'
Dementia Action Week (UK) 2025. Engaging, Creating and Empowering with Music, an evidence-based tool in Dementia.
May 22
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Victoria
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Mindfully Using Music with Dementia, and 'A Playlist for Life.'
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"Empowering People Living With Dementia" - The Brain Charity.
Dementia Action Week (UK) 2025
May 19
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"Empowering People Living With Dementia" - The Brain Charity.
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