twinkl.co.uk/blog/what-is-a… I thought I'd share a previous article about how an Intergenerational care nursery works after speaking with Judith Ish-Horowicz MBE, owner of one of the first intergenerational care settings in the UK. #EYBlogFest2021 @IshJudith

Harvey, 4 years old, visiting UCL today for student well-being week. Legend.

Two-year-old referring to her grandmother “my little darling” 🤍🌸amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Kathryn Mannix now talking about tender conversations #MCResearch2022 What is it that enables these conversations between clinicians and families, and trying to not say the wrong thing

Receptive language research! Calling UK SLTs working w under 5s–we want to hear about YOUR experiences & clinical decisions. Variety of yrs of experience, clinical settings & employment methods welcomed. Online interview & £30 voucher for yr time. Contact me for more info.Pls RT!

No evidence that socially assistive robots improve quality of life or any symptons in dementia. Systematic review led Clare Yu with Andrew Sommerlad Lena Sakure & me. Currently we cannot recommend spending £1000s on pet robots. UCL Psychiatry ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences…

Lee (1987) in a prologue on ‘talking organisation’: Garfinkel’s position was that “if the world is organised in these ways, so as to frustrate traditional inquiry, then it is necessary to abandon traditional inquiry, and to examine the basis of sociology’s frustration”. #EMCA

At my desk, enjoying the aesthetics of this study design from Siitonen et al. (2021).

A suitable day for admiring a beautiful edition of a favourite story. To the sound of the Vernon Spring.

Just lovely. sadlerswells.com/whats-on/secon…

Interludes on music albums: short gems that come out of nowhere, last over a minute, too good to lose. #phdsoundtrack

Very excited to have this chapter with @Mirain_Llwyd Stephanie Green Lena Sakure and Kate Howson published What a wonderful thing to have materialised from what started as a supportive group for likeminded PhD students and #intergenerational #researchers

📣 A collective of play champions are seeking the views of children and young people about why #PlayMatters. Please share & encourage and support children to respond to the survey 📝👇 buff.ly/3JqXJue

Something nice in the idea of ‘quiet materialities of care’, as read in Buse et al., 2018. Cotton balls as an example.