Rebellious Care Futurestory

This audio is designed to open up reflection and dialogue about the choices, skills, and systems that can shape the future of long-term care. We invite you to close your eyes, and visualise the world being described.

Transcript

It’s 2040. You step into the neighbourhood care hub. No uniforms, no hierarchy, just people. A volunteer trims plants near the window. A long-term care professional sits on the floor with a client, laughing over a story from their childhood.

You are Samira, a community care manager. Your job isn’t paperwork, it’s connecting people. Across from you is Peter, a former construction worker recovering from a burnout. He’s part of the alliance that helped spark this movement against rigid systems.

You and Peter walk to today’s ‘co-deciding circle.’ A grandmother in a wheelchair, a teenage caregiver, a nurse, and a local baker sit together. Here, everyone’s experience counts. The meeting starts with a question: ‘What matters for Peter’s life this week?’ It’s simple, human. You listen, before any solution appears.

… The room holds space for doubts, frustrations and hopes. Someone suggests a communal garden shift to help Peter reconnect; someone else offers informal mentorship. This is how social care evolves now: through shared stories, shared responsibility.

As the meeting ends, you see the posters on the wall: ‘Life-centred care’, ‘Trust first’, ‘Experiment together.’ These aren’t slogans, they’re practiced every day. In this world, care is not something done to people. It’s something crafted with them. Driven by an energy of activism and resistance.

About this project

This is an auditive and visual support for the future occupational profiles report, developed for ActiZ within the Care4Skills project. The full report can be requested via ActiZ. For more information contact Emmy: [email protected]