My think piece on the Green Paper is in the Guardian today: Human stories will convince the public that social care is worth investing in
“More caring, social kinds of social care already exist. Some, such as Homeshare and Local Area Coordination, Community Circles and Wellbeing teams need scaling. Others, including Spice’s Time Credits and Community Catalysts’ micro-scale approaches, reach thousands or, like Shared Lives, are national. When people hear about these approaches, with their human stories of small achievements that mean the world, they connect with them. They see the value of ordinary life chances for disabled people or a good last 1000 days for older people. A green paper based on those stories could finally persuade the public that social care is worth investing in.”
Escaping the invisible asylum 