Scottish Care SDS

The account of Scottish Care's work on Self Directed Support and Human Rights. RTs do not indicate agreement.

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

As always, a privilege to chair the @acrcedincare Academy Academic Advisory Board today. Inspired by a truly multidisciplinary PhD community tackling the challenges of ageing, health and care through collaboration and innovation.
#ACRC #Ageing #PhD #Research @EdinUniUsher

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

On this #InternationalDayfortheEradicationofPoverty, my new blog asks about the poverties we do not measure: of relationship, belonging, time, attention and care.
Perhaps #poverty is larger than we imagine. #EndPoverty #UNPovertyDay

https://t.co/g39F198dkU

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

🎙️ This week’s #podcast reflects on the poverties we do not measure.
What happens when people have enough to survive, but too little relationship, belonging, attention or care to truly flourish?
#EndPoverty
https://t.co/WNvbrhiWB8

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

📷 What happens when residents, family members and staff are given cameras to capture what it means to live well until the end of life?

Explore the stories behind the images in this #CareHome26 Insight Session.

https://t.co/Z8c40v3Ty4

#CareCreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I am lighting tonight’s #CandleforCare with a focus on the importance of supporting the #care #workforce through the #menopause in #WorldMenopauseMonth.

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

Today’s #CovidInquiry Module 6 report is a sobering and deeply important moment for social care.

The lessons must lead to lasting change.

Read our full response: https://t.co/BCbaCb5pD2

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #CandleforCare at 7 pm, with a focus on the importance of supporting the #care #workforce through the #menopause in #WorldMenopauseMonth.

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

💬 Meet the speakers joining our Reducing Restrictive Practice Insight Session at #CareHome26:

Katy Jenks, Angela Penman, Tracy Mills & Frances Currie.

Book on: https://t.co/FtR6Kzs4zY

#CareCreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

What if #wisdom begins where certainty ends? A conversation about #care, #humanity and the courage to live with unanswered questions. Listen to the latest podcast discussion inspired by The Wisdom of Not Knowing. #SocialCare #WorldMentalHealthDay

https://t.co/slymAkTqWK

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Perhaps the greatest act of #confidence is admitting we don't know. In #care, in leadership and in life, #uncertainty can be a source of #wisdom rather than weakness. My new blog: The Wisdom of Not Knowing. #WorldMentalHealthDay

https://t.co/jw8XF2v2gY

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week‘s #candleforcare thinking of all those who deliver #palliativecare in #hospice, #carehome, and community a couple of days after #WorldHospice & #PalliativeCareDay.

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

🎲 How can everyday technology help people maintain their independence in care?

Explore this at #CareHome26 in Gadgets, Games and Great Ideas, an interactive Insight Session with April Edwards @Socialudogaming.

https://t.co/FtR6Kzs4zY

#CareCreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I am lighting tonight’s #candleforcare thinking of all those who deliver #palliativecare in #hospice, #carehome, and community a couple of days after #WorldHospice & #PalliativeCareDay. They are absolutely essential to all our health and wellbeing - thank you.

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

📖 Meet our Conference Chair!

We’re delighted to welcome @tadhgdaly1, Chief Executive of @NursingHomesIre, to #CareHome26.

Join us as we explore The Home That #CareCreates.

Book on: https://t.co/FtR6Kzs4zY

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

My latest #podcast explores a simple but important question:
What if the lives that matter most are often those that never make the headlines?
A conversation about #dignity, #ageing, ordinary lives and the stories we choose to value. #IDOP2026 https://t.co/S5wvb9U2pB

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

In a culture that celebrates visibility, success and influence, perhaps we need to recover a simpler truth: a life does not have to be extraordinary to matter. #IDOP26 #InternationalDayofOlderPersons. https://t.co/wdQDAjzeq9

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Tonight I light this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the #mentalhealth needs of those who are #older not least those living with life long and enduring mental health conditions. #WorldMentalHealthDay

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare a few days out from #WorldMentalHealthDay. The #mentalhealth and well-being of our #older citizens is often not sufficiently prioritised.

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

The purpose of #infection prevention is not simply to prevent #disease. It is to create the conditions in which people can flourish. My latest blog considers the new @scotgov Strategy. @AConstance23 #humanrughts #socialcare #health.

https://t.co/6PrmjDSrSj

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

#Safety matters. So do relationships, autonomy and personhood. We need an approach to #infection prevention that protects both life and what makes life worth living. Listen to my latest #podcast explore issues of #humanrights and #disease prevention.
https://t.co/CeXuNMqqtZ