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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Three weeks after publication, one conviction remains: technology matters, but people matter more. #TheHumanFutureOfCare #AI #HumanRights #Care

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wrote The Human Future of Care because the future of #AI is not really about machines. It is about people, #dignity, #humanrights & the values we choose to hold onto. Today the book is launched and joins a vital conversation about how technology can serve our #humanity. #Care

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sometimes journeys take an unexpected turn. A week before publication, my book has a new title: The Human Future of Care. The name has changed, but the questions at its heart remain the same. Looking forward to sharing it on 14 September. #AI #SocialCare #HumanRights #FutureofCare

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in recognition of the thousands of women in our own country who are #widows and the millions across the world who have lost a partner or husband. #InternationalWidowsDay, #WidowsDay #grief #loss

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare in recognition of the thousands of women in our own country who are #widows and the tens of thousands across the world who have lost a partner or husband. #InternationalWidowsDay, #WidowsDay #grief #loss

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

My colleague @hegeit.bsky.social kicks off Week 3 of #CareCreates with a blog which argues that a #greener sector makes for healthier communities and a stronger #planet. scottishcare.org/news/care-crea…

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Care Creates… collaboration with purpose. We’re calling for independent voices on IJBs, co‑produced care strategies, shared accountability & digital tools that connect care. Read the manifesto 👉 buff.ly/4ox0nUN #CareCreates.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A summary for our second week of #CareCreates highlighting the significance of partnership and collaboration which makes a real difference to the people who use #socialcare. @scottishcare.bsky.social

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

There are very real practical asks of candidates in the upcoming election. Here are some of our #humanrights asks in our @scottishcare.bsky.social #manifesto. #CareCreates #ScotParl #ScotElection - what do our parties say ?

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Early start leaving Ayrshire to go to the @scottishcare #SocialCareHustings in #Edinburgh. Looking forward to listening to candidates and MSPs discuss their priorities around #socialcare across #Scotland. We really need to elevate this issue to priority. #Carecreates our society

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I light this week’s #candleforcare in #NutritionAndHydrationWeek with a particular focus on the importance of #nutrition and #hydration for #older adults. #NHWeek

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Join me tonight at 7 pm and lighting this week’s #candleforcare in #NutritionAndHydrationWeek with a particular focus on the importance of #nutrition and #hydration for #older adults. #NHWeek

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I light this week’s #candleforcare in #OsteoporosisAwarenessMonth. Tonight and every night this condition affects one in 10 women in the UK including many older women. We need to increase awareness and focus. #Osteoporosis

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #WorldHearingDay with a focus on how important it is that as a whole society we better understand the needs of all living with #hearing loss and impairment. #HearingCareForAll

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on #WorldHearingDay. Nearly 1,000,000 people in #Scotland experience difficulties with hearing from young children to older adults. We need to be more #hearaware.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I light tonight‘s #candleforcare in #HeartMonth with an emphasis on how important is that at all ages we attend to our #heart #health.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm. This is #HeartMonth and we all of us need to do more for our #heart to be healthy not least those who are of #olderage. #healthyheart.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #RandomActsofKindnessDay. Every act of generosity and care we offer another shows that #kindnessmatters. Like a #daffodil breaking through a February frost it brings light and hope.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Join me tonight on #RandomActsofKindnessDay in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm. Every day #kindnessmatters and makes us into the community we would want to be. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I light this week‘s #candleforcare in the hope that in the coming days and weeks when we debate the value given to #socialcare in #Scotland not least as a result of today’s #Budget that people will understand just how critical social care is to the #wellbeing of our society.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

On the day of the #ScottishBudget join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the importance of adequately funding #socialcare across #Scotland. #careaboutcare #carecreates #homecare #carehomes.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Lighting this week’s #candleforcare in grateful thanks for the dedication of all who are working in #care and #support across #Scotland today, both paid and unpaid. In all weathers and circumstances thousands continue to work in delivering essential care. Thank you. #CareCreates.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

As bad weather affects many parts of #Scotland join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this year‘s first #candleforcare with the focus on the professionalism and dedication of all #care staff and those who deliver unpaid #care and support right across Scotland today. #carecreates.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This week’s #candleforcare is lit as we approach the end of the year, in memory and thanks for all who have cared and supported others this year, both paid and unpaid and who have died in the past year. So many thousands have embodied the best of us and our humanity.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

As we come to the end of the year, join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare in memory and thanks for all who have cared and supported others this year both paid and unpaid who have died. So many thousands have embodied the best of our humanity. #careaboutcare

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

As we celebrate #ChristmasDay thank you to the thousands of women and men who are working in #homecare and #carehomes today and all those unpaid #carers. You are the best of us at all times and we need to do better by you. #careaboutcare #carecreates

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in gratitude and thanks for all carers, both paid and unpaid, who care for and support others across Scotland. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Two days out from #ChristmasDay join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week‘s #candleforcare and give thanks for the amazing women and men who every day deliver care and support across the country, both paid and unpaid. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on a day which has focussed on the importance of both women and men becoming increasingly aware of #bowelhealth and #bowelcancer. Take action early. Don’t ignore the signs. #Decembeard

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on raising awareness of #bowelcancer as it affects both men and women. #Decembeard.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on the eve of #HumanRightsDay with a focus on the #humanrights of #olderpersons. #careaboutcare

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #GivingTuesday2025 with a focus on the importance of giving to #charity. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the importance of giving to #charity. #GivingTuesday2025 #careaboutcare

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Today is the #InternationalDayofCare and Support - a big shout out to all the paid and unpaid #carers across Scotland who today are working to allow others to thrive. You are the best. #careaboutcare @scottishcare.bsky.social

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I light this week’s #candleforcare on the eve of the UN #InternationalDayofCare and Support to highlight the tens of thousands who care for and support others across the world, both paid professionals and unpaid individuals. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Join me tonight at 7pm on the eve of the UN #InternationalDayofCare and Support to highlight the tens of thousands who care for and support others across #Scotland and the world, both paid professionals and unpaid individuals. #careaboutcare.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

An early start to head through to #Edinburgh to contribute to an important conference on the future of #health and #socialcare in #Scotland. The urgency for real change, political collaboration and reform is immense. @chsscotland.bsky.social @enlightenscot.bsky.social @rcpedin.bsky.social

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’m lighting this week’s #candleforcare reflecting upon the impact of the #menopause on #women who work in and those who use #socialcare support. #WorldMenopauseWeek.

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the #menopause and how it impacts on those #women who receive #care and support and the #workforce. #WorldMenopauseWeek

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Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I’m lighting this week’s #candleforcare thinking of all those affected by #babyloss and in particular those who have been grieving for many many years. #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #olderage #longgrief

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