Donald Macaskill

In this #podcast, I explore the sense of betrayal felt by #socialcare employers, workers, and those who use support around the decision of the Scottish Government to not fully fund the #RealLivingWage in the latest #Budget. open.spotify.com/episode/3zW7...

A sense of betrayal: social care and the SNP Government. There are moments in public life when the gap between rhetoric and reality becomes so wide that it can no longer be bridged by warm words, sympathetic tones, or polished political narratives. The Scot...

A sense of betrayal: #socialcare and the SNP Government. #Budget, #RealLivingWage, #homecare, #carehome, #dignity, #workforce, #humanrights.

scottishcare.org/a-sense-of-b...

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on #SaferInternetDay. We all of us need to be more confident and aware of what we can do to be safe online and to reduce the risk of #scams. #SID2026

People have a right to care but too often that right only comes to those who can afford to pay. Imagine if we turned that on health care....

In this #podcast, I explore the sense of betrayal felt by #socialcare employers, workers, and those who use support around the decision of the Scottish Government to not fully fund the #RealLivingWage in the latest #Budget. open.spotify.com/episode/3zW7...

A sense of betrayal: social care and the SNP Government. There are moments in public life when the gap between rhetoric and reality becomes so wide that it can no longer be bridged by warm words, sympathetic tones, or polished political narratives. The Scot...

A sense of betrayal: #socialcare and the SNP Government. #Budget, #RealLivingWage, #homecare, #carehome, #dignity, #workforce, #humanrights.

scottishcare.org/a-sense-of-b...

Loneliness: Scotland’s quiet Public Health crisis:

In my #podcast this week I argue why we urgently need to consider #loneliness as a critical #publichealth issue for #Scotland, not least as it affects our #older population and their #health and wellbeing. #socialcare, #isolation, #prevention.

open.spotify.com/episode/26DE...

Loneliness: Scotland’s quiet Public Health crisis

This week‘s #blog explores why #loneliness should be considered as a #publichealth crisis in #Scotland, not least amongst #older people. #dignity, #socialcare, #isolation, #prevention.

scottishcare.org/loneliness-s...

Lighting this week’s #candleforcare at the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek. Let us all work harder at listening to and hearing the stories that bind our community, not least the stories of #olderage. #NSW26 #careaboutcare

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek. #Stories are everywhere but we need to work hard to #listen to them, not least the stories of #olderage. #NSW26

Perhaps the data for the #lonely is the tip of the iceberg - there is shame in stating you are lonely. And now we're creating generations driven by 'likes'. We need people to see each other, to notice neighbours again, to witness the lone figure & offer something of ourselves.

Loneliness: Scotland’s quiet Public Health crisis:

In my #podcast this week I argue why we urgently need to consider #loneliness as a critical #publichealth issue for #Scotland, not least as it affects our #older population and their #health and wellbeing. #socialcare, #isolation, #prevention.

open.spotify.com/episode/26DE...

Loneliness: Scotland’s quiet Public Health crisis

This week‘s #blog explores why #loneliness should be considered as a #publichealth crisis in #Scotland, not least amongst #older people. #dignity, #socialcare, #isolation, #prevention.

scottishcare.org/loneliness-s...

Planting what outlives us: on legacy and ageing.

In this #podcast, I explore the theme of #legacy and later life and what it means for #palliativecare in #socialcare and other settings. #grief, #loss, #ageing, #olderage.

open.spotify.com/episode/2cAz...

Planting what outlives us: on legacy and ageing. There is a moment, often somewhere in our 50s or 60s when the future shifts its angle. The horizon draws closer, the noise recedes, and a quieter question makes itself heard: What do I want

Planting what outlives us: on #legacy and #ageing. #palliativecare #grief #loss, #socialcare

scottishcare.org/planting-wha...

I light this week’s #candleforcare just before #Parent #MentalHealth Day in recognition that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is often unrecognised. #PMHD26

I light this week’s #candleforcare just before #Parent #MentalHealth Day in recognition that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is often unrecognised. #PMHD26

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week #candleforcare a few days out from #Parent #MentalHealth Day. We need to recognise that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is considerable. #PMHD26

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week #candleforcare a few days out from #Parent #MentalHealth Day. We need to recognise that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is considerable. #PMHD26

Planting what outlives us: on legacy and ageing.

In this #podcast, I explore the theme of #legacy and later life and what it means for #palliativecare in #socialcare and other settings. #grief, #loss, #ageing, #olderage.

open.spotify.com/episode/2cAz...

Planting what outlives us: on legacy and ageing. There is a moment, often somewhere in our 50s or 60s when the future shifts its angle. The horizon draws closer, the noise recedes, and a quieter question makes itself heard: What do I want

Planting what outlives us: on #legacy and #ageing. #palliativecare #grief #loss, #socialcare

scottishcare.org/planting-wha...

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future

In this #podcast I explore why #socialcare needs to be seen as a central part of Scotland‘s #economic #wellbeing and consider what the recent #Budget’s failure to fund social care means for our nation and it’s people. #Carecreates.

open.spotify.com/episode/2eo4...

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future The third Saturday of January 2026 arrives not with celebration, but with a heavy sense of reckoning. The Scottish Government’s newly announced Budget, for all its rhetoric of renewal, has once again ...

In my blog this week I reflect on the total failure of @scottishgov.bsky.social to prioritise and fund #socialcare in this week’s #Budget. We are failing to protect and advance the life and well-being of so many of our citizens. #Carecreates our nation.
scottishcare.org/care-creates...

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future The third Saturday of January 2026 arrives not with celebration, but with a heavy sense of reckoning. The Scottish Government’s newly announced Budget, for all its rhetoric of renewal, has once again ...

In my blog this week I reflect on the total failure of @scotgov to prioritise and fund #socialcare in this week’s #Budget. We are failing to protect and advance the life and well-being of so many of our citizens. #Carecreates our nation. A Call to Action. scottishcare.org/care-creates...

I light this week‘s #candleforcare in National Activity Providers and Professionals Week in recognition and thanks for the creative work of #activity staff in both #residential care and day services across Scotland. #NAPPW26 #careaboutcare

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week‘s #candleforcare in National Activity Providers and Professionals Week in recognition and thanks for the creative work of #activity staff in both #residential care and day services across Scotland. #NAPPW26 #careaboutcare

Shifting care from acute to community...it won't work without reliable, sustainable, fair & person centred provision of #socialcare. As an #unpaid carer, I already worry about what care mum might be able to access, who or what will need to break to get this support.

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future The third Saturday of January 2026 arrives not with celebration, but with a heavy sense of reckoning. The Scottish Government’s newly announced Budget, for all its rhetoric of renewal, has once again ...

In my blog this week I reflect on the total failure of @scottishgov.bsky.social to prioritise and fund #socialcare in this week’s #Budget. We are failing to protect and advance the life and well-being of so many of our citizens. #Carecreates our nation.
scottishcare.org/care-creates...

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future

In this #podcast I explore why #socialcare needs to be seen as a central part of Scotland‘s #economic #wellbeing and consider what the recent #Budget’s failure to fund social care means for our nation and it’s people. #Carecreates.

open.spotify.com/episode/2eo4...

Care Creates: A Call to Action and a Vision for Scotland’s Future The third Saturday of January 2026 arrives not with celebration, but with a heavy sense of reckoning. The Scottish Government’s newly announced Budget, for all its rhetoric of renewal, has once again ...

In my blog this week I reflect on the total failure of @scotgov to prioritise and fund #socialcare in this week’s #Budget. We are failing to protect and advance the life and well-being of so many of our citizens. #Carecreates our nation. A Call to Action. scottishcare.org/care-creates...