Donald Macaskill

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment Donald Macaskill shares · Episode

This week’s #podcast explores issues of #leadership and #integrity within #socialcare in Scotland. #politics #change #reform

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Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment Not for the first time and I suspect not the last – I found myself standing in an airport bookshop a few weeks ago – looking at the array of books to entice the traveller

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment. #leadership #socialcare #courage #politics

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#intergenerational connections are essential in #carehomes and in all our #communities - reviving the spirit of #play, learning how to #play, teaching others how to #play... always a reciprocal relationship. Play brings curiousity, unity, holistic health benefits and fun!

I light tonight’s #candleforcare with an emphasis on the importance of #intergenerational work and play on the evening before #PlayDay2025. #careaboutcare

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on #PlayDay and the importance of #intergenerational play and relationships. #careaboutcare #PlayDay2025

"Because courageous leadership in social care requires political bravery rather than tramline party conformity"

A call for #courage in #leadership to ensure the #human side is always heard in decision making. This courage needs to come from all directions - the courage to give voice but also to 'really' listen and act. The courage to step out of line, create a new line...are you in or out?

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment Donald Macaskill shares · Episode

This week’s #podcast explores issues of #leadership and #integrity within #socialcare in Scotland. #politics #change #reform

open.spotify.com/episode/6DTN...

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment Not for the first time and I suspect not the last – I found myself standing in an airport bookshop a few weeks ago – looking at the array of books to entice the traveller

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment. #leadership #socialcare #courage #politics

scottishcare.org/courageous-l...

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in recognition and appreciation of the critical role of #friendship for all ages but not least in #olderage on the eve of #InternationalFriendshipDay.

Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) : an extended thought piece. Scotland is experiencing significant demographic change. By 2045, one in four Scots will be over the age of 65. This shift demands a fundamental rethink of how we plan, deliver, and finance public ser...

In this week’s blog I suggest and argue for the Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) : an extended thought piece. #finance #economy #Scotland #discrimination ##equity #olderage

scottishcare.org/establishing...

Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) - a thought piece Donald Macaskill shares · Episode

This week’s #podcast explores and argues for the creation of an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) in an extended thought piece. #finance #economy #Scotland #discrimination #equity #olderage

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"The measure of a mature democracy is not in how loudly it applauds the aged, but in how honestly it budgets for their dignity. If we can gender our budgets, why can’t we age them too?"

Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) - a thought piece Donald Macaskill shares · Episode

This week’s #podcast explores and argues for the creation of an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) in an extended thought piece. #finance #economy #Scotland #discrimination #equity #olderage

open.spotify.com/episode/279D...

Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) : an extended thought piece. Scotland is experiencing significant demographic change. By 2045, one in four Scots will be over the age of 65. This shift demands a fundamental rethink of how we plan, deliver, and finance public ser...

In this week’s blog I suggest and argue for the Establishing an Older Persons Budget Group (OPBG) : an extended thought piece. #finance #economy #Scotland #discrimination ##equity #olderage

scottishcare.org/establishing...

This week’s #podcast explores the critical role of #listening in #socialcare. #WorldListeningDay #dignity #care #support #leadership

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The quiet art of listening. Yesterday (July 18) was World Listening Day, which was established on the birthday of Raymond Murray Schafer, a Canadian composer and environmentalist who is seen as the founder of acoustic ecology. B...

The quiet art of listening. #socialcare #WorldListeningDay #olderage #dignity #care

scottishcare.org/the-quiet-ar...

Lighting tonight’s #candleforcare during #AccessibleOutdoorsMonth and in acknowledging the critical importance of all people regardless of #age or #disability being able to access the #outdoors. #careaboutcare

Superb example thanks for sharing

If you'd like to get involved in the #ToAbsentFriends festival and are searching for inspiration, check out this Guide to Planning an Event:
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Every hospital should have a delirium champion. We have stroke and sepsis champions - why not #delirium?

#PatientSafety

Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare during #AccesibleOutdoorsMonth with an emphasis on the critical role of being able to access outdoor spaces for all not least #olderpeople.

This week’s #podcast explores the critical role of #listening in #socialcare. #WorldListeningDay #dignity #care #support #leadership

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/don...

The quiet art of listening. Yesterday (July 18) was World Listening Day, which was established on the birthday of Raymond Murray Schafer, a Canadian composer and environmentalist who is seen as the founder of acoustic ecology. B...

The quiet art of listening. #socialcare #WorldListeningDay #olderage #dignity #care

scottishcare.org/the-quiet-ar...

Summer grieving: the harshness of the sun of loss Donald Macaskill shares · Episode

In this week’s #podcast as some experience a glorious #summer of #sun I explore the issues of #loss, #grief and #loneliness & also consider the need for grief informed practice in #care and #support. #bereavement

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Summer grieving: the harshness of the sun of loss In Scotland, where summer is let’s be honest somewhat fleeting - a brief burst of light and warmth between long winters and now seemingly over by May - the summer season here as elsewhere can

This week’s blog explores the issue of #grief and #loss in #summer. What’s it like to feel alone and lonely in the season of #sunshine? #Summer grieving: the harshness of the sun of loss. #bereavement #absence #loneliness scottishcare.org/summer-griev...

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #GiveSomethingAwayDay mindful of the strength which comes from the #generosity of giving to others not least time and presence. #careaboutcare

Join me at 7pm tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on #GiveSomethingAwayDay - a day to think about #generosity of time, presence and possessions.

A beautiful article about grief and summer. 💔

As a lonely, acne scarred, misanthropic youth, I found the spring/summer difficult. The season of "aggressive happiness" where social bonhomie was mandatory? Easier in the autumn/winter when folks are shut indoors? Suicides can peak in spring/summer (look at the frequency of "rail accidents"). How/1