#pddigital16 & a free prize draw

There is a special event happening today and tomorrow in Leeds and through the power of Twitter you can join in too. People Drive Digital #ppdigital16 is a festival of makers, doers, leaders and citizens in digital health and care organised by a great team including Victoria Betton, Anne Cooper and Roz Davies. The festival is a fabulous example of bringing people together to collaborate, innovate and share learning. Along with the organisers I believe that diverse connections and getting citizens, practitioners, developers, designers, academics and others together can be a powerful way of making good things happen.

#pddigital16 starts at 6.00 with a debate exploring “So what is frugal innovation and how is it relevant to people driving digital innovation in health and care?” with @JaideepPrabhu and @mentalsnapp You can follow the live stream here

@Anniecoops has posted thoughts ahead of the debate “What does ‘frugal’ mean to you?”

Have a look at the full programme here

One of the delightful elements of #pddigital16 is the invitation for everyone to bring a gift to share. Whilst I cannot be at the event in person I did want to share a gift and we are offering five copies of the Click Guide to Dementia eBook in a free prize draw. Open to everyone attending in person or participating online just tweet to me @shirleyayres “#pddigital16 Click Guide to Dementia prize draw”. Five winners will be selected at random on Wednesday 30^th November 2016. I will contact the winners to confirm email addresses by the 2^nd December.

Whilst there are many fantastic digital resources available across the whole spectrum of health and social care they are often unknown to those who need them most. The Click Guide to Dementia brings together more than a hundred of the most useful digital resources, with an overview and explanations as well as hyperlinks to websites, blogs, facebook pages and twitter feeds. Topics covered in the Guide range from information, advocacy and carer support through to specialist dementia shops and services.

The guide is a unique and independent one stop directory for people using care services, living with dementia, their families, carers and professionals. You can find out more about the Click Guide to Dementia here

We have received great feedback about the Guide:

What a fabulous new resource, I'm delighted to be included. I know carers will find this new digital directory of resources a wealth of info https://t.co/hiDzm501J5

— Me💚 (@dragonmisery) October 18, 2016

This is a fantastic initiative @shirleyayres – a massive thank you from me and my fellow dementia carers. https://t.co/QCEvEaUW9z

— Annika Small OBE (@AnnikaSmall) October 19, 2016

I strongly recommend this 'click guide' to #dementia. Put together by @shirleyayres it's an accurate account:https://t.co/cOZCnDRYj5

— Dr Shibley Rahman 🍊 (@dr_shibley) October 20, 2016

Well worth downloading – well researched resources for anyone with an interest in #dementia and #digital https://t.co/M6gOC0QrFE

— 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑦𝑓𝑒 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@gillianlfyfe) October 27, 2016

Last year at #pddigital15 we asked people what health and wellbeing apps they used and would recommend. You may be surprised at some of the responses here!

I hope everyone enjoys the experience as much as I did last year. I strongly recommend following the hashtag #pddigital16 and joining in the conversations.

 

Practical Strategies for Learning from Failure is coming to Leeds! #LFFdigital

Following a successful workshop in Cardiff we are offering a second Practical Strategies for Learning from Failure in Leeds on Thursday 8th October 2015.

If you are interested in attending here’s the link to register your interest.

To find out more about what happened in Cardiff have a look at the Storify prepared by @GoodPracticeWAO

and the following posts:

Exploring the Benefits of Learning from Failure at #LFFdigital

@whatsthepont The James Reason Swiss Cheese Failure Model in 300 Seconds

@dosticen How can we build time for reflection into our digital lifestyles?

@DyfrigWilliams Failing to learn from failure and Learning from failure in complex environment – what does this mean for audit?

What attendees thought of the Cardiff workshop – feedback compiled by ‏@commutiny

The twitter network picture for #lffdigital for the past 7 days https://t.co/ZHfCmBTmgo

— Mark_Outhwaite (@Mark_Outhwaite) August 6, 2015

There are limited places available for this free workshop and early booking is advised. If you are allocated a place and unable to attend please let us know as soon as possible so that we can give your place to someone on the waiting list.

The #LFFdigital team look forward to meeting you in Leeds.

Shirley Ayres @shirleyayres Connected Care Network, Chris Bolton @whatsthepont Wales Audit Office, Roxanne Persaud @commutiny Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton and Paul Taylor @PaulBromford Innovation Coach, Bromford Lab

What health and wellbeing apps do you use and would you recommend? #PdDigital15

Last week I attended People Driven Digital Health and Care in Leeds. It was a fascinating and fun event. I was honoured to be invited to provide some thoughts at the launch about the challenges and opportunities in the digital space alongside Tim Kelsey and Anne Cooper.

An excellent question was posed by Mike Clark  at the start of the event and here are some responses and it raises interesting questions about what each of us considers to be a health and wellbeing app!

Question for #PdDigital15 speakers/organisers – from pers experience, what are top 3 digital apps that improve health/wellbeing outcomes?

— Mike Clark (@clarkmike) May 11, 2015

My recommendations: Twitter (rich source of real time information about the latest digital health and care innovations) , jawbone (motivational and competitive element makes it fun)  and @squeezyapp (very good for pelvic floor muscle exercises!).

I would also highly recommend Patient Opinion because of the richness of experiences being shared and the opportunities for health and care organisations to respond publicly as to how they are addressing concerns, complaints and praise.

One of the best apps I've used with older people @shirleyayres is 'Lets Create Pottery'. Fun, creative and tablet skills. #PdDigital15

— Paul Webster (@watfordgap) May 13, 2015

@shirleyayres Shirley, we are http://t.co/zyHHu2jvyT, an digital first social network for people with #MS

— Shift.ms Team (@shiftspeaks) May 14, 2015

I love this app @shirleyayres https://t.co/P66LrjHzrB #PdDigital15

— Sue Sibbald (@BPDFFS) May 14, 2015

@VictoriaBetton @shirleyayres Mine are Patients like me and twitter

— Alicia Ridout (@AliciaRidout) May 14, 2015

@shirleyayres my fav / most used apps: Twitter, FB, Headspace, Be Funky, Paprika 🙂 #PdDigital15

— Nicky Runeckles (@nickyruneckles) May 14, 2015

@shirleyayres my three apps are feedly, Twitter and Evernote

— Catherine Howe (@curiousc) May 14, 2015

@shirleyayres my #3apps Twitter, Trello & Evernote #PdDigital15

— Sharon Dale (she/they) (@pixlz) May 14, 2015

@clarkmike @shirleyayres @tkelsey1 ok mine are @diarycard and http://t.co/oltEcolWr2 and Twitter it helps with my wellbeing #BPDChat

— Sue Sibbald (@BPDFFS) May 18, 2015

@clarkmike @shirleyayres and really wordpress has had an impact for me – for empathy, education and inspiration eg @davidcragg posts

— Roz (@roz_davies) May 18, 2015

Paul Taylor and the Bromford Lab have been experimenting with a cheap Cardboard Virtual Reality kit and I did get very excited about the one he brought (as did Chris Bolton and Paul Webster)!

Chris Bolton (@whatsthepont) experiences #cardboardVR at #PdDigital15 https://t.co/rVDIs08GBT

— Paul Taylor (@PaulIanTaylor) May 14, 2015

Put the fun technology in the hands of all people. I loved the Rollercoaster app on @paulbromford 's Google Cardboard! #pddigital15 #fun

— Paul Webster (@watfordgap) May 14, 2015

A further question asked by Mike Clark – would anyone like to hazard a guess at what the number might be?

Question for #pddigital15 presenters – how many different digital health & wellbeing apps could be GP prescribed by end of 2015? 2016?

— Mike Clark (@clarkmike) May 11, 2015

Further thoughts from Mike as we see how often Twitter is being cited as a wellbeing app.

@2020health @VictoriaBetton @shirleyayres @tkelsey1 Should public be more involved in National Information Board & app testing? #pddigital15

— Mike Clark (@clarkmike) May 19, 2015

Thanks to everyone who contributed their favourite health and wellbeing apps . I am very aware there are thousands of digital innovations available and I would love you to share your favourites either here or via Twitter @shirleyayres!

You can read more about the event through the following rather excellent posts

People driven digital health: solving problems people actually have @MarkOneinFour

Putting People First @anniecoops

Reflections on #PdDigital15 @curiousc

Conversation & collaboration at #PdDigital15 @VictoriaBetton