Donald Macaskill
@drdmacaskill.bsky.social
CEO @scottishcare - homecare & care homes. Human rights at heart of care. Chair #Bereavement Charter Group, #candleforcare @ Tues 7pm. #IsMiseGàidhlig.
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The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
The following extended blog is the substance of an address delivered to the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care conference on the 13th November. I want to begin not with policy, nor with strategy...
scottishcare.org
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s #podcast explores the contribution of #socialcare to #palliative and #endoflife care. It does so through poetry and story. #absence, #dying, #grief #CareHome #HomeCare. #Hallaig
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week’s #podcast explores the contribution of #socialcare to #palliative and #endoflife care. It does so through poetry and story. #absence, #dying, #grief #CareHome #HomeCare. #Hallaig
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
The following extended blog is the substance of an address delivered to the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care conference on the 13th November. I want to begin not with policy, nor with strategy...
scottishcare.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
I always recall the little moments of every death where I have been honoured to be present...a career working in #carehomes means that's quite a number. But each number has a name & a story that live on in my recollections and that of my colleagues. #soulbricks build our #home.
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
The following extended blog is the substance of an address delivered to the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care conference on the 13th November. I want to begin not with policy, nor with strategy...
scottishcare.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I always recall the little moments of every death where I have been honoured to be present...a career working in #carehomes means that's quite a number. But each number has a name & a story that live on in my recollections and that of my colleagues. #soulbricks build our #home.
This week’s #podcast explores the contribution of #socialcare to #palliative and #endoflife care. It does so through poetry and story. #absence, #dying, #grief #CareHome #HomeCare. #Hallaig
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week’s #podcast explores the contribution of #socialcare to #palliative and #endoflife care. It does so through poetry and story. #absence, #dying, #grief #CareHome #HomeCare. #Hallaig
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wMQ...
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
The following extended blog is the substance of an address delivered to the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care conference on the 13th November. I want to begin not with policy, nor with strategy...
scottishcare.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This week’s #blog explores the distinctive contribution of #socialcare in #palliativecare. The role of #carehome and #homecare at the end of life. The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory. #poetry #dying #grief
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
scottishcare.org/38088-2/
I light tonight’s #candleforcare on the @UN_Women International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the experience of #olderwomen. #NoExcuse #VAW25
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I light tonight’s #candleforcare on the @UN_Women International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the experience of #olderwomen. #NoExcuse #VAW25
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
"This is not just about funding. It is about the kind of country we want to be. One that values its elders, supports its carers, and builds communities of care rooted in dignity, belonging, and hope."
A #Budget that must #care; Scotland’s #socialcare disintegration demands action. #homecare #carehome #collapse #humanrights.
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action.
As the UK Chancellor prepares to deliver the Budget next Wednesday, Scotland stands at a crossroads. For too long, social care has been treated as an afterthought or as the underling of the NHS, yet
scottishcare.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"This is not just about funding. It is about the kind of country we want to be. One that values its elders, supports its carers, and builds communities of care rooted in dignity, belonging, and hope."
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s #podcast is a call to both the Scottish and UK Governments to focus on the critical state of #socialcare in #Scotland in the forthcoming #Budget process.@scotgov @GOVUK
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This week’s #podcast is a call to both the Scottish and UK Governments to focus on the critical state of #socialcare in #Scotland in the forthcoming #Budget process.@scotgov @GOVUK
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
A #Budget that must #care; Scotland’s #socialcare disintegration demands action. #homecare #carehome #collapse #humanrights.
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action.
As the UK Chancellor prepares to deliver the Budget next Wednesday, Scotland stands at a crossroads. For too long, social care has been treated as an afterthought or as the underling of the NHS, yet
scottishcare.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A #Budget that must #care; Scotland’s #socialcare disintegration demands action. #homecare #carehome #collapse #humanrights.
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm on the @unwomen.bsky.social International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the experience of #olderwomen. #NoExcuse #VAW25
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm on the @unwomen.bsky.social International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the experience of #olderwomen. #NoExcuse #VAW25
This week’s #podcast is a call to both the Scottish and UK Governments to focus on the critical state of #socialcare in #Scotland in the forthcoming #Budget process.@scotgov @GOVUK
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This week’s #podcast is a call to both the Scottish and UK Governments to focus on the critical state of #socialcare in #Scotland in the forthcoming #Budget process.@scotgov @GOVUK
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uBG...
A #Budget that must #care; Scotland’s #socialcare disintegration demands action. #homecare #carehome #collapse #humanrights.
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action.
As the UK Chancellor prepares to deliver the Budget next Wednesday, Scotland stands at a crossroads. For too long, social care has been treated as an afterthought or as the underling of the NHS, yet
scottishcare.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A #Budget that must #care; Scotland’s #socialcare disintegration demands action. #homecare #carehome #collapse #humanrights.
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
scottishcare.org/a-budget-tha...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
The Quiet Power of #Friendship: A Reflection for #BookWeekScotland 2025 - #reading #olderage #positiveageing #creativity #socialcare scottishcare.org/37893-2/
- Scottish Care
The Quiet Power of Friendship: A Reflection for Book Week Scotland 2025 When I was growing up, there were a few select books that appeared every year with faithful regularity on my grandmother’s bedsi...
scottishcare.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Quiet Power of #Friendship: A Reflection for #BookWeekScotland 2025 - #reading #olderage #positiveageing #creativity #socialcare scottishcare.org/37893-2/
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s #podcast explores the importance of #reading in #olderage and considers the topic of #friendship which is the theme of this year’s #BookWeekScotland 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0dmu...
The Quiet Power of Friendship: A Reflection for Book Week Scotland 2025
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This week’s #podcast explores the importance of #reading in #olderage and considers the topic of #friendship which is the theme of this year’s #BookWeekScotland 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0dmu...
This week’s #podcast explores the importance of #reading in #olderage and considers the topic of #friendship which is the theme of this year’s #BookWeekScotland 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0dmu...
The Quiet Power of Friendship: A Reflection for Book Week Scotland 2025
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This week’s #podcast explores the importance of #reading in #olderage and considers the topic of #friendship which is the theme of this year’s #BookWeekScotland 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0dmu...
The Quiet Power of #Friendship: A Reflection for #BookWeekScotland 2025 - #reading #olderage #positiveageing #creativity #socialcare scottishcare.org/37893-2/
- Scottish Care
The Quiet Power of Friendship: A Reflection for Book Week Scotland 2025 When I was growing up, there were a few select books that appeared every year with faithful regularity on my grandmother’s bedsi...
scottishcare.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Quiet Power of #Friendship: A Reflection for #BookWeekScotland 2025 - #reading #olderage #positiveageing #creativity #socialcare scottishcare.org/37893-2/
An early start heading from Ayrshire to Edinburgh for the annual national SPPC #palliativecare conference. Looking forward to sharing some thoughts on the role of #socialcare in #palliative and end of life care. @palliativescot.bsky.social www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
SPPC Annual Conference
www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
An early start heading from Ayrshire to Edinburgh for the annual national SPPC #palliativecare conference. Looking forward to sharing some thoughts on the role of #socialcare in #palliative and end of life care. @palliativescot.bsky.social www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of #ageing #positive #hope #socialcare #narrative scottishcare.org/the-stories-...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of ageing
At the Global Ageing Conference in Boston, I found myself not just attending a keynote but entering a new narrative; a reframing of ageing that challenges our assumptions and invites us to imagine a d...
scottishcare.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of #ageing #positive #hope #socialcare #narrative scottishcare.org/the-stories-...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
In this #podcast, the future of #ageing is explored through an exploration of the work of Joe Coughlin from the Age Lab . #Positiveageing rooted in #hope is an essential ingredient for the future of #olderage.
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston on the future of ageing
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In this #podcast, the future of #ageing is explored through an exploration of the work of Joe Coughlin from the Age Lab . #Positiveageing rooted in #hope is an essential ingredient for the future of #olderage.
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of #ageing #positive #hope #socialcare #narrative scottishcare.org/the-stories-...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of ageing
At the Global Ageing Conference in Boston, I found myself not just attending a keynote but entering a new narrative; a reframing of ageing that challenges our assumptions and invites us to imagine a d...
scottishcare.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of #ageing #positive #hope #socialcare #narrative scottishcare.org/the-stories-...
In this #podcast, the future of #ageing is explored through an exploration of the work of Joe Coughlin from the Age Lab . #Positiveageing rooted in #hope is an essential ingredient for the future of #olderage.
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston on the future of ageing
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In this #podcast, the future of #ageing is explored through an exploration of the work of Joe Coughlin from the Age Lab . #Positiveageing rooted in #hope is an essential ingredient for the future of #olderage.
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
open.spotify.com/episode/26ts...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s blog explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome and #homecare provision in the Highlands of #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and other international innovations. #socialcare #workforce #change scottishcare.org/beyond-the-e...
Beyond the Edge: from ‘crisis’ to reimagining social care in the Highlands.
The following is adapted from a speech given in Fort William on the 24th October at an event organised by Angus MacDonald MP whose primary focus was to explore his proposal to create four new
scottishcare.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This week’s blog explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome and #homecare provision in the Highlands of #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and other international innovations. #socialcare #workforce #change scottishcare.org/beyond-the-e...
Reposted by Donald Macaskill
This week’s podcast is part of an address given in the Highlands & explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome & #homecare provision rural & remote #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and more. #socialcare
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
Beyond the Edge: from ‘crisis’ to reimagining social care in the Highlands.'
open.spotify.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week’s podcast is part of an address given in the Highlands & explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome & #homecare provision rural & remote #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and more. #socialcare
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
This week’s podcast is part of an address given in the Highlands & explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome & #homecare provision rural & remote #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and more. #socialcare
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
Beyond the Edge: from ‘crisis’ to reimagining social care in the Highlands.'
open.spotify.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week’s podcast is part of an address given in the Highlands & explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome & #homecare provision rural & remote #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and more. #socialcare
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
open.spotify.com/episode/0WBA...
This week’s blog explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome and #homecare provision in the Highlands of #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and other international innovations. #socialcare #workforce #change scottishcare.org/beyond-the-e...
Beyond the Edge: from ‘crisis’ to reimagining social care in the Highlands.
The following is adapted from a speech given in Fort William on the 24th October at an event organised by Angus MacDonald MP whose primary focus was to explore his proposal to create four new
scottishcare.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This week’s blog explores some practical ideas to address the immense challenges facing #carehome and #homecare provision in the Highlands of #Scotland. It explores ideas such as a #HighlandWeighting and other international innovations. #socialcare #workforce #change scottishcare.org/beyond-the-e...