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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 4d

The long shadow of loss: Reflections for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #grief #olderage #loss #bereavement #remembrance

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The long shadow of loss: Reflections for Baby Loss Awareness Week

Each October, Baby Loss Awareness Week asks us to pause and acknowledge the grief of parents whose children have died in pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy. It is a week held in absent silence,

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 4d

This week’s #podcast explores the issue of #loss and #grief and baby loss in #olderage for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek. #bereavement #grief

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The long shadow of loss: Reflections for Baby Loss Awareness Week

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 19h

I’m lighting this week’s #candleforcare thinking of all those affected by #babyloss and in particular those who have been grieving for many many years. #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #olderage #longgrief

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 1d

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the experience of #olderpeople in this #BabyLossAwarenessWeek.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 3d

I am so sorry to hear this - thinking of you

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 4d

This week’s #podcast explores the issue of #loss and #grief and baby loss in #olderage for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek. #bereavement #grief

open.spotify.com/episode/5aQK...

The long shadow of loss: Reflections for Baby Loss Awareness Week

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 4d

The long shadow of loss: Reflections for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #grief #olderage #loss #bereavement #remembrance

scottishcare.org/the-long-sha...

The long shadow of loss: Reflections for Baby Loss Awareness Week

Each October, Baby Loss Awareness Week asks us to pause and acknowledge the grief of parents whose children have died in pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy. It is a week held in absent silence,

scottishcare.org

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 6d

Up in #Glasgow today at the gorgeous Renfield Centre for the @scottishcare.bsky.social #PFI2025 event on ‘Beyond Barriers: Co-creating the future of care’

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 11d

In this week’s #podcast I explore the nature of #socialcare, why it is in meltdown in #Scotland and what needs to happen to make sure people are given the lives they deserve and treated with #dignity. #humanrights #politics #leadership #reform.

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Social care carries people: it is high time it was supported.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 11d

#Socialcare carries people: it is high time it was supported. #reform #leadership #humanrights #Governmentapathy #dignity

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Social care carries people: it is high time it was supported.

The following is based on an opening address given a couple of weeks ago at the Westminster Policy Conference. We meet in autumn. The air is a lot sharper. The green has given away to

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 7d

I light this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the #workforce in #socialcare both paid and unpaid in what is International #Happiness at #Work week. #WorkLifeWeek, #mentalhealth, #wellbeing. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 8d

Join me tonight at 7pm tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus this week on the #workforce in #socialcare both paid and unpaid in what is International #Happiness at #Work week. #WorkLifeWeek

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 11d

In this week’s #podcast I explore the nature of #socialcare, why it is in meltdown in #Scotland and what needs to happen to make sure people are given the lives they deserve and treated with #dignity. #humanrights #politics #leadership #reform.

open.spotify.com/episode/1kr5...

Social care carries people: it is high time it was supported.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 11d

#Socialcare carries people: it is high time it was supported. #reform #leadership #humanrights #Governmentapathy #dignity

scottishcare.org/social-care-...

Social care carries people: it is high time it was supported.

The following is based on an opening address given a couple of weeks ago at the Westminster Policy Conference. We meet in autumn. The air is a lot sharper. The green has given away to

scottishcare.org

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to the @gerisoc.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at your Annual Meeting in Glasgow this morning. Pleased to share the work of the #Bereavement Charter Group and to talk about how we must get better at supporting #clinical and #care staff. goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/about-charter/

The Bereavement Charter for Adults and Children in Scotland

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 18d

This week‘s #podcast focuses on the idea of #belonging and what it means in #olderage in anticipation of #WorldOlderPersonsDay. #dignity, #community, #humanrights.

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A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 18d

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day. #belonging #ageing #place #community #WorldOlderPersonsDay

scottishcare.org/a-place-to-b...

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day

Wednesday coming is the 1st October, which as every year, is World Older People’s Day. In the UK, the theme adopted for the day by Ageing Better is “Building Belonging: Celebrating the power of our

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 14d

I light tonight’s #candleforcare the evening before #WorldOlderPersonsDay in recognition of how important it is that we make people feel that they #belong.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 15d

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on the eve of #WorldOlderPersonsDay . #belonging

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Just a Care Home Girl @justacarehomeg1.bsky.social · 18d

What a beautiful reflection on #belonging. We may feel we belong to many spaces as we grow in ourselves & that essence of belonging is incredibly powerful - maintaining our wellbeing, no matter where we find ourselves through life. Belonging is in the heart of home not the bricks

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 18d

This week‘s #podcast focuses on the idea of #belonging and what it means in #olderage in anticipation of #WorldOlderPersonsDay. #dignity, #community, #humanrights.

open.spotify.com/episode/3fop...

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day

open.spotify.com

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 18d

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day. #belonging #ageing #place #community #WorldOlderPersonsDay

scottishcare.org/a-place-to-b...

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day

Wednesday coming is the 1st October, which as every year, is World Older People’s Day. In the UK, the theme adopted for the day by Ageing Better is “Building Belonging: Celebrating the power of our

scottishcare.org

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 20d

Leaving the International Aged Care Conference after a thoughtful afternoon of presentations on #technology, continence, depression, delirium and anxiety. #Turun, the city of #Copernicus is a truly beautiful place and I’m taking away some great insights, ideas and challenge. @vicrayner.bsky.social

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 20d

It was real and inspiration this morning to listen to Teepa Snow’s distinct approach which emphasises the assets and strengths of people with #dementia during her presentation at the International Aged Care Conference in #Turun in #Poland.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 20d

What an honour to have shared the stage with the @vicrayner.bsky.social at the International Aged Conference in Poland this lunchtime. Presenting on #socialcare in the United Kingdom we told the honest story of potential and challenge.

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