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'Who started Carer Mentor, and Why?'
June 2024.
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One Resource, Two Insights, Three Ideas.
Wheelchair information & ideas.
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'How to prioritise values to live them'
Part 3: Bringing values to life, through a caregivers lens
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'The language of being human' by Poet Ali.
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One Resource, Two Insights, Three Ideas.
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'When the going gets tough, you're not alone.'
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'How can articulating core values help us?'
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'Why are Brain predictions important?'
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One Resource, Two Insights, Three Ideas.
Wheelchair information & ideas.
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What's helped you this week?
Share your meaningful moments of support and gratitude.
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'How I'm Revising Our Community Resources.'
Caregiver first and caregiving/care context second.
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Grief Articles and Resources
Early Grief/Recent Bereavement/Living with Grief.
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Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration
Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration
Heartfelt empathy for Caregivers. A hub of practical tools, resources, and expert insights. A portal of hope.
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The Caregivers' Library

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Resonance for Caregivers: A Network of Empathy.
Resources curated for caregivers
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Mentoring: 'A Portal to Expert Insights Through a Caregiver Lens'
Research-based insights to inform your way forward.
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The CAPE Section: Raising Awareness.
Dispel the myth that Carers are Superhuman. Care, be Aware, Prepare & Engage (CAPE).
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The Carer Mentor Journey.
My Frame of Reference. My Journey
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Values Compass

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'How to prioritise values to live them'
Part 3: Bringing values to life, through a caregivers lens
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'How do I articulate my core values?'
Part 2: Finding Your 'Values', words and phrases.
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'How can articulating core values help us?'
Part 1: A life compass in uncertainty.
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James Rhee: 'red helicopter: a parable for our times: lead change with kindness (plus a little math).'
An example of 'walking your why.'
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Personal Reflection

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'A Small Pause—sans définition.'
A caregiver's respite without definition
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'The WandaVision of Grief'
Insights come from all sorts of different sources.
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'A little respite: reminders, revelry and love?'
A short post of a little paradox
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Personal Reflection & Resources: 'Life grows around grief'
BBC Video. Thoughts and personal experience.
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'A Prelude to Caregiving: Love and Torture.'
A 2015 hospitalisation was only the beginning.
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Personal reflection: 'Home-aids & Starting the Care Discussion'.
You can’t un-see risks, once your lens is turned. Starting the Care discussion.
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Resource: 'Five Home-aids'
What works for us, may not work for you. Food for thought, not a promotion.
Personal Opinion: 'A Recalibrated Frame of Reference'
A reframing of life events.
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Hospital discharge

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'We're only human. Legal support to help enforce your rights under The Care Act.'
You're not alone. Local authorities must provide care support.
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'Hospitals: a Carer's mantra. Why?'
Actionable insights and Ideas/tips.
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'When the going gets tough, you're not alone.'
Leaning on others for support. Leveraging the wisdom of those 'in-the-know.'
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Dementia

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Connecting with Dementia Sufferers
Empathy, 'Validation Method' as published by Naomi Feil and Music.
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'Your Comforting, Perfumed-Memories'
Dementia UK’s video Lifestory (November 2021) shares how all our senses can enable us to reconnect with loved ones. This empathetic connection g…
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Dementia: 'Some ideas of what to do when...'
Several informative videos from Dementia UK.
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'Music Memory is more powerful than words.'
Empathy and human connection via music can overcome the Dementia Disconnect.
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Bereavement Grief

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Grief Articles and Resources
Early Grief/Recent Bereavement/Living with 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).
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Personal Reflection & Resources: 'Life grows around grief'
BBC Video. Thoughts and personal experience.
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Poem: 'Echoes in the Walls'
reconciling with grief over the festive period.
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