Dr Karen Harman (Gray) 💙

Was hanging on in here, but can’t justify it any longer. Really don’t expect anyone else to care, but if you do - get yourselves on and over to Bluesky - I value the information you share.

Looking forward to #ShutUpAndWrite with fellow @BSGcreativeSIG members this morning. Great new initiative to encourage #CreativeAgeing writing accountability. Happy wordsmithing everyone!

📣Calling participants for a PhD project to share experience & thought on #animaltherapy for people with #dementia in care centre🐶🐰🐣 Health and social care practitioners in nursing homes & day care can join. Please forward to others who might be interested in…see details👇

How can #AdultSocialCare organisations make best use of #research? From the #ConnectED team, take a look at this advance #preprint article reporting on staff survey across three local authorities. advance.sagepub.com/users/773853/a…

Well, this was a lovely, rich discussion of some big themes #care #reciprocity #trust #craft #agelessness. Thank you to everyone who was there!

🧵 What do you feel are the essential elements for #coproduction or #codesign? What makes engagement authentic? We read over 1000 articles to explore these questions. Here is a thread on what we learned (with some examples). Please share your thoughts 👇

Looking forward to sharing novel wellbeing reflection tool developed during @CTCAsWeAge as part of #CreativeHealthInAction event @Bristol_Beacon 18th October. #Bristol creative folks, hope to see you there! bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/creat…

🚨 Join the new #Dementia Ethics Exchange led by @sgriffiths_6 – a dedicated space in our community for discussing ethical challenges in #DementiaResearch. Share resources, ask questions, & learn from others. Sign up & engage today 👉 …unities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/join?invitatio…

#TippingPoint @lukejerram. Still time to go and see it on Sunday night! #Bristol

📢 We're looking for a specialised associate editor in community engagement to help the journal with social media and reviewer engagement. The position is open to both academics and practitioners - closing date 4/11 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recruit…

📢Booking open for @EBIBristol Annual Public Lecture 📢 Join Professor Trish Greenhalgh for her talk 'Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?' When: 18:30 - 20:00, 3 Feb 2025 Where: City Hall, Bristol @trishgreenhalgh Free tickets: tinyurl.com/5dsetwmm

I’m mostly a qual researcher. Whenever I’m not quite sure about what I’m reading in a quant paper, I go back to basics and @trishgreenhalgh. It doesn’t just help with #health literature.

Join the #CreativeAgeing conversation here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsg-creative…

If you're thinking of joining our @BSGcreativeSIG #ReadReflect next Friday (you are, aren't you?), this 2022 scoping review on #citizenship in #dementia might be useful reading journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Interested in #CreativeAgeing? Fancy a chat inspired by a piece of research, about topics such as #citizenship #crafting #care #personhood and #intergenerational practice? Go on, we'd love to have you there!

Two of our #ConnectED team with #LivedExperience of #SocialCare services worked with a researcher, an #EvidenceChampion & practitioners on an evidence briefing around supporting #carers of people with complex mental health needs. Read more: tinyurl.com/3xcfbmsn

Social workers in England begin using AI system to assist their work #Echobox=1727506626" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

Understanding London’s #CreativeHealth Sector💡 New report commissioned by @MayorofLondon with research by @RGordon_Nesbitt & @LAHArtsHealth✨ It finds that the #CreativeHealth sector is making a significant contribution to the capital’s health & wellbeing🎨 Read now➡️ london.gov.uk/programmes-str…

This looks to be an amazing opportunity!