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]

In my latest #podcast I explore the developments in #Ai which raise questions over where #authority and control lie in #care decisions and stress the importance of #human agency and #accountability. #ethics https://t.co/UNchR4cGU2

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

My latest blog: When #Ai acts in our name: #care, #authority and responsibility. #autonomy #accountability https://t.co/7N7HnA9S7A

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

This weeks’s #podcast explores what it means to age healthily and the debate around #healthspan and #longevity. Is the focus on #prevention the right one? #publichealth. https://t.co/SyX1BIiEVw

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

Scottish Care is recruiting a Joint National Lead to support the Partners for Integration programme, working with providers, partners and policymakers to strengthen integrated care across Scotland.

Closing date: Friday 19 June, 12 pm noon

Full details: https://t.co/SaXg6Hjry4

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I’m lighting this week’s #candleforcare in #VolunteersWeek with a massive shout out and thanks to the millions who across the UK #volunteer in their local communities, many of whom are #older individuals.

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare in #VolunteersWeek and in thanking the millions who across the UK volunteer in their local communities. #VolunteerWork

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

My weekly blog explores why we need to move to a #personled approach to #health and #socialcare. It’s more than #language it’s about #autonomy and #agency. #personcentred

https://t.co/3qY5gIXSL0

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I light this week’s #CandleforCare in recognising and celebrating #International #Women’s Health Day and the importance of prioritising the #health of women and girls of all ages. #May28 #EssentialNotOptional

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this #CandleforCare and in recognising #International #Women’s Health Day and the importance of prioritising the #health of women and girls of all ages. #May28 #EssentialNotOptional #IWHD

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Through in the capital today for some @scottishcare meetings and the old lady that is #Edinburgh after much fuss finally decided to put on some sunshine for the day and doesn’t she look glorious! #carecreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Returning to my weekly blog after the #CareCreates campaign I reflect on why we need to see #socialcare in Scotland as an act of #flourishing rather than simply #maintaining people. #healthyageing, #humanrights

https://t.co/Y1KozeK5BN

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Congratulations to @alisonthewliss on her appointment as Minister for Community Care. @scottishcare looks forward to working with you to progress rights-based, person-led care across Scotland and to a positive vision of what #CareCreates. https://t.co/9hRfcFfJlK

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Congratulations to @AConstance23 on her appointment as Cabinet Secretary for Health and SocialCare. @scottishcare looks forward to working with you to progress rights-based, person-led care across Scotland and to a positive vision of what #CareCreates. https://t.co/uOdm1ZNA9u

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I light this week’s #CandleforCare thinking of the many thousands of Scots living with #arthritis on the eve of the annual Autoimune Arthritis Day. #AiArthritisDay.

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week #CandleforCare with a focus on the many thousands of Scots living with #arthritis a day out from Autoimmune Arthritis Day. #AiArthritisDay.

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

Back in Scotland and heading up to @UofGlasgow for a seminar on care and support before joining colleagues to put the finishing touches to the annual @scottishcare Care Ccare at Home and Housing Support conference. Tickets still available https://t.co/nLASsGAjNs

[Just a care home girl @Justacarehomeg1]

Data - what does it really tell us, is it always reliable? I've always been taught a tool is just a tool - how it is used, what it creates, depends on the artist. With risk assessments & observations - always use numbers with caution - do they match what you see?
#NursesWeek2026

[Scottish Care @scottishcare]

We’re delighted to welcome Hierarchy Technologies as a sponsor of the #Homecare26 Conference this Friday.

🎟️ Tickets still available - book now and visit Hierarchy at the exhibition on 15 May. https://t.co/cL58DBTRmt

#CareCreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in the earnest hope that with a new parliamentary session and many more new MSPs that #socialcare will be a priority in every sense. #CareCreates

[Donald Macaskill @DrDMacaskill]

A few days after the Scottish #elections and with a whole host of new #MSPs join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare in the hope that the potential and critical role of #socialcare in Scotland will be grasped and appreciated. #CareCreates…