Developing an esprit de corps to transform health and social care services by Allan LEONARD 4 April 2019 I delivered … More
Category: Team Bev
Don’t leave carers in the dark
Allan LEONARD and Beverley BEATTIE The following article was published in the 2015–16 annual review of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart … More
Seeking better patient outcomes: Music to the ears of occupational therapists #ValueofOT
Seeking better patient outcomes: Music to the ears of occupational therapists by Allan LEONARD 11 November 2016 The College of … More
Living the stroke experience: NIMAST 2016
I was part of a five-member panel of stroke survivors and carers who presented short stories of our perspectives, to … More
Life objects: Tenx9 Belfast
I told a story at the Tenx9 event at Belfast’s Black Box venue. Tenx9 is a series of monthly events, … More
Advice to new carers: Get support from wherever you can
This morning, I spoke about my experience as a carer, on Downtown Radio programme Daytime with Siobhan McGarry:
“Be Catholic and have a large family”: Tim McGarry at Carers Week launch
“Be Catholic and have a large family”: Tim McGarry at Carers Week launch Thousands of people across Northern Ireland provide … More
Book review — Touching Distance (James Cracknell)
Reading this book was always going to have a special meaning to me, as my wife had a stroke about … More
Integrate emotional support says stroke survivor
Earlier this week, Madame Oui (aka my awesome wife Beverley) went up to Parliament Buildings to address a group of … More
The emotional impact of stroke
I woke up next to my partner, to a spokesperson from the Stroke Association talking about their new report, “Feeling … More