@gerrynos
Social worker; Director https://effective-practice.com/; interested in social care, social work including Social Work with Older People https://swopresearch.wordpress.com/, later life and practice improvement. Based in Cornwall, UK. Views my own.
“It’s empowering to be able to provide insight to others.”
We've just published our Policy Briefing about the co-creation of a website to provide essential information and support to Nearest Relatives. Please check out the briefing and share the website tinyurl.com/mrx8jnzp
A UN Convention will help us to act, advocate and empower. For this #GlobalRally I write about why a convention for older people matters to #socialwork @basw-uk.bsky.social @researchip.bsky.social @ageinternational.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3nnzsfwz
Photo shows a group of older people in Kenya outside next to a building holding up an Age With Rights Global Rally 2026 campaign banner.
Our #GlobalRally2026 kicks off today - a week of coordinated global mobilisation for the #AgeWithRights campaign.
We are insisting on older people's full participation in the drafting of the UN convention at all stages.
Repost to show your solidarity! #EqualVoicesEqualRights
"We want to create a society where young & old people can connect & enjoy their fundamental rights,” says FRA Director Sirpa Rautio.
Supporting @ageplatformeu.bsky.social’s International Day of Older People #IDOP2025 campaign, the @fra.europa.eu calls for intergenerational fairness.
🗩By strengthening the connections between young and old, we can build a more resilient, just and inclusive Europe for all generations.
On this #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, remember: human rights don’t fade with age. Across Pakistan, older people keep working, often without pensions or social protection.
Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.
#IDOP2025
Join the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities in celebrating the power that social connections have in shaping our lives and communities.
View our free resources for the day on our website: buff.ly/rgYfwBX
#IDOP2025 #CelebratingAgeing #PositiveAgeing #AgeFriendlyUK #Ageing
It's the International Day of Older Persons! Check our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism
👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
It's past time to change the narrative about later life... #socialwork #socialcare #IDOP2025
It’s UN International Day of Older Persons so I’ve teamed up with Gerry Nosowska to share some thoughts about the language of ageing.
*New*: ‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…
rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/10/01/t...
#RewritingSocialCare
This week’s #podcast is an extended one and focuses on the issue of #ageism, its history and origins, its existence in society today and what practical steps can address it. #olderage #humanrights #discrimination.
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/don...
“My hope is that we will develop & deliver content that will help...Nearest Relatives be more confident in how they act to help care for their loved ones” Find out about our project to co-develop resources for NRs #MentalHealth #SocialWork nearestrelativeresources.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/20/u...
👋 Will you be joining our social work community in Manchester this June for our annual UK conference?
Two packed days of discussion, fellowship, learning with a stellar line up of speakers and workshops!
Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...
Presenter showing Care Confidence website in the workshop
Inspiring to be in York hearing about how #CareConfidence can be used to help people to plan and pay for #socialcare - local authorities and vol sector highlighting their commitment to relational, local, tenacious and ambitious work with older people www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
Looking forward to going to York on Friday to raise awareness about Care Confidence and launch the Care Confidence in Action research project - all about getting good information to people arranging and paying for their own #socialcare tinyurl.com/43vuyc55
Good to be in Bristol yesterday to plan resources that will provide info and support to family members when a relative is detained under the Mental Health Act. Working with carers, #socialwork, researchers and advisors. nearestrelativeresources.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
The terms of reference for the Casey #socialcare commission are published today (though staff have been working for a while). There are concerns, particularly timing, but they should offer the scope Baroness Casey needs to do a thorough job. Thread below ⬇️ www.gov.uk/government/p...
So glad to see the Social Work with Older People research findings published in the British Journal of #SocialWork. Making visible the expertise, nuance and creativity of social workers, and how they remain hopeful and make a positive difference alongside people in later life. tinyurl.com/4cuuthy3
Social frailty in older people is a growing issue and there are no robust tools available to health and social care practitioners in the UK to identify it. Well, not at the moment anyway... @nihrsphr.bsky.social sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Watch this space for updates!
📢RESEARCH FELLOW in dementia - post available at UCL!
Come and join our friendly team working on a project to improve care and support planning for people with dementia who live alone.
Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Please share!
Our research on coastal social work teams is ongoing. We are looking to speak to those involved in supporting this workforce in these communities, including:
- Social Work Educators
- Social Work Employers
- Community representatives
Please email coastalvoices@bnu.ac.uk
A beautiful #DementiaDiaries from George reflecting on his peaceful and beautiful garden. Naming the trees he planted 41 years ago and where he would like to die… but not just yet.
dementiadiaries.org/entry/22969/...
We met 80+ Notts County Council staff to talk about www.wigo.org.uk Q:
‘We’re all getting older...a care home or home ‘calls’ can be the only option. Is this what we want?
Read wigo.org.uk/nottinghamsh... & join us @socialcarefuture.bsky.social @vicrayner.bsky.social @alexfoxshared.bsky.social
Notts C Council invited us to join 100s of its staff to talk about www.wigo.org.uk
Q:'We’re all getting older...a care home or home ‘calls’ can be the only option...Is this what we want? Report wigo.org.uk/nottinghamsh... & join us @juestanny.bsky.social @jonglue.bsky.social @coproisaac.bsky.social
A historic step for older people globally. www.helpage.org/news/a-victo...
www.helpage.org/news/a-victo... UN takes another step towards a rights convention for older people. ‘This resolution is more than a procedural move – it’s a recognition that the time has come to uphold the dignity, equality, and rights of older people everywhere.’
🔎 ICYMI: Last week, we launched our Generative AI and Social Work Practice Guidance.
We've included it in our new online hub with guidance and resources for social workers in relation to use of Artificial Intelligence.
Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-basw/c...
Find out more about the #socialwork role when care homes close in this blog swopresearch.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/a...
New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...
New #SocialWork with Older People blog from @jonglasby.bsky.social about brilliantly helpful research on how best to support older people when care homes close - social workers can be the person alongside, offering therapeutic and practical help swopresearch.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/a...
The State of Ageing 2025 report is out now - emphasising the need to listen to older people, think carefully about inclusion, work to promote equity and make the support we offer really clear and navigable. Important role for #SocialWork in all of this ageing-better.org.uk/state-ageing...