Gillian
gilld5876.bsky.social
Gillian
@gilld5876.bsky.social
💚my job. Home First/ Reablement OT, covering beautiful Stroud countryside 🇬🇧
Måneskin,Strictly,growing veggies,fitness,NHS🥰
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OT Week 2025 is here!

Across the week we'll be promoting "Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of OT".

And showcasing the benefits of prevention & early intervention in community care.

#OTWeek25 #RightTimeOT

Find out more and download your OT Week resources: tinyurl.com/mszz497e
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Physio leader, Miriam Duffy,and her team show exactly what is possible when rehab is not an option. The new national rehab centre is exactly what any of us would want if we had a catastrophic event. This is the blueprint. Thank you Shaun for covering this important exclusive. #RightToRehab
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Inside Britain's new £105 million rehab hospital opening on time and in budget, promising a revolution in rehab and turning around the UK's poor record for those suffering life-changing injury and disease:
www.thetimes.com/article/21c3...
Inside the £105m rehab hospital that’s about to change lives
Opening on time and on budget, the site near Nottingham will help patients with spinal cord injuries, brain damage and other conditions regain independence
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Following a successful trial in partnership with Police Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland are distributing free SafeConnect fobs for people living with dementia in Scotland. 

Read More: buff.ly/Vl225XT
October 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.” Brené Brown

Just checking in to see how you are…Sending positive ripples your way today.

Because sometimes, the smallest check-in can mean the most.🧡

#kindness #positivity #connection

Picture by Art of Brilliance
March 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Everyone needs someone to talk to sometimes.

The Silver Line Helpline run by Age UK is a free, confidential telephone service for older people, providing friendship, conversation and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Find out more: bit.ly/4hYIuIt

#HelplinesAwarenessDay2025
February 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Hotel with Hoists -
Following users feed back we are now pleased to announce that we have uploaded every hotel and holiday let in the UK with a hoist to the Snowball App.

So please share as much as possible.

www.facebook.com/share/p/1BHP...
January 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Wallowing in a soup of despair? Try ‘lemonading’ to buck the gloom
Wallowing in a soup of despair? Try ‘lemonading’ to buck the gloom
Linda Geddes spends a week with a clown, a comic and some toddlers to test the science behind the uplifting power of play
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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‘I’m never going back to living like this’: how an innovative project is helping hoarders
‘I’m never going back to living like this’: how an innovative project is helping hoarders
Gloucester council approach offers psychological support, decluttering advice and cuts through shame of poorly understood condition Carol has been trying to clear her home for two years but in her maelstrom of dishevelled possessions, there is still…
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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#OccupationalTherapists:

If you are new to BlueSky and you are looking to connect with other OTs, the best way to find and follow them is by clicking on ‘starter packs’ (you will then follow everyone listed in the pack). Each starter pack has up to 150 people.
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Hello! We're new here. Welcome to the official page of AGILE - a special interest group for physiotherapists working with older people in the UK.

You can find out more on our website here: agile.csp.org.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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It is deeply unjust that some groups of people have significantly worse experiences of health and care than others.

Professor Bola Owolabi joins us in May to explore the national priorities around tackling health inequalities.

Register your place. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/health-ineq…
January 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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If you haven't met Jan before, here she is explaining #Aphasia in her own words. This video has been seen thousands of times on other platforms💜Jan had a #stroke 20yrs ago when she was just 46. For the 1st year post stroke she had no words at all. She is very skilled at using #TotalCommunication 💜
January 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#HomeFirst #Reablement think we will continue to expand - good job we are already constantly training all grades of staff.
January 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Update- he is so full of smiles - new job is working on so many levels. 💗
Must have followed several ADHD OT accounts- sudden rush of others😊spent time today parenting/coaching our young adult and debating potential benefits of changing job- routine/ regular meds. Current job market not friendly to these issues .
January 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It’s the human connection which enables people to settle home,after a sometimes very short admission to hospital and then engage in recovery of their independence #HomeFirst #Reablement #OccupationalTherapy
January 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@musedot.bsky.social hi Ed, thinking we worked together a while ago? Getting fuzzy as I have worked with so many colleagues 😂
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We are testing the waters too so all those #ots follow us as we hope to grow our community here. #occupationaltherapy
Slowly exploring new social media opportunities on #BlueSky. If you’re an Occupational Therapist, passionate about our profession and want to connect do follow as hope this community will be a new opportunity to chat with colleagues old and new. #OccupationalTherapy
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ALT: a pink background with the word connections in white
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January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Happy New Year to Everyone! Please enjoy these fantastic decorations from near my home before they go! Must go to check them with the wind tomorrow. The beards will billow 😂💨
December 31, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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Chris MacCausland: “With opportunity and support, anything can happen.” #Strictly
December 14, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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**Black UK PhD students**

Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend

-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

**Tell everyone**

www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Black heritage PhD scholarships | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
We welcome applications for full scholarships to postgraduate research programmes starting in 2025.
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 8, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Found it!! Board game sorted for multigen. 🎄 at ours. Last year, aced by son with design and imagination by the ton. Full access to wardrobes made for amazing costumes and all food for weird meals.#Taskmaster
December 1, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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I strongly commend this.

There's a section on prehabilitation in my book 'Living with frailty' published by @routledgebooks.
November 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Took the plunge and recorded a podcast 🗣 on my role with the awesome Lorna Sankey. Anyone fancying a listen to me enthusing about my role can find it here: www.theothub.com/podcasts-so-...
#occupationaltherapy #substanceuse #addiction #recovery #occupationaltherapist
SO OT PODCAST | OT Podcast Portal
Members: Listen to every episode in this podcast series, via The Occupational Therapy Hub.
www.theothub.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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I've created a #CreativeHealth starter pack! If you work or engage in research related to the use of #ArtsInHealth, let me know if you'd like to be added - it's a small group at the moment, but hopefully it will grow as more move over to the Bluesky app 😊

go.bsky.app/N71NApZ
November 27, 2024 at 12:18 PM