Being ‘housed’, and being ‘at home’ The COVID era has given a huge boost to the case for rapid re-housing; but also it has thrown up issues of loneliness, the importance of a sense of belonging. It has also meant that many general needs housing services need to find ways to work with tenants with […]
Author Archives: Robin Johnson
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Roles*
Roles Rules Responsiveness
Pre-treatment
NEWS FLASH : We will be having an interview and Q&A with Jay Levy himself on 9th November, in Season Three of the PIElink community of practice lunchtime forums (HERE). Jay will be talking on his new book – the ‘Pretreatment in Action’ workbook. The interviewer will be Ray Middleton. ………………. The concept of pretreatment […]
The dignity of tiny victories
An excerpt from Rachel Clarke’s ‘Dear Life‘, as read on radio (BBC Radio 4) by the author, on her work as a doctor in end of life care, at a hospice. Here, Rachel recounts an encounter with one memorable resident at the home. It’s uplifting story of a thoroughly person-centred approach, going with a […]
Everything you ever wanted to know about PIEs, but where afraid to ask
December’s monthly essay was written as a blog for HomelessLink; and has now been released by them, in advance publicity for the Research and Evidence national conference we are running with them, and the Mental Health Foundation, on 31st January 2017.
Introducing: Research mapping
We have a new area on the site for members to tell us – and each other – about any recent or on-going research related to PIEs, at: https://pielink.net/work-in-progress-research/ (See also the item on the proposed new PIEs evaluation and specification framework)
A PIE events in October – Paris
17th October, Paris: ‘L’ environnement informé : cinq ou six principes de base’ This is a presentation on PIEs, in French, as part of the conference “Quelle hospitalité pour les personnes en rupture de liens?” NB: this talk will be followed by a handful of ‘pop up’ PIE workshops later that week in English, in […]
Announcing: ‘the monthly essay’
August is traditionally the silly season; and so it seems a good time to launch a possibly silly idea – the monthly essay. A bit like a blog – actually very like a blog – the monthly essay could become an opportunity for PIElink readers and writers to take a little longer to play with […]
Re-design stage II
Just been re-designing the layout for the PIElink’s “Questions” pages, partly to bring out the key central issues more clearly, and partly to make space, in a side bar, for more links to other useful content on these themes. Feedback welcome.
London region network events in July
On July 27th there are two quite informal gatherings for members in, or in easy reach of, London. The first, all afternoon, 2-5pm, is at a rather nice Tea Room in Vauxhall Gardens. The second is a meal, that same evening, in Soho. For details and/or to book a place at either (just so we […]
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