Looking after ethnic minority older people during the Corona-19 pandemic in Scotland
The corona virus pandemic has changed the world as never seen before. It has meant that the Scottish Government has had to move quickly to put plans …
A Powerful Reunion
Around 1998 I was a home visitor for a project supporting older people. As part of this I visited a woman who I’ll call Edie. Edie had married late in …
Locked-in, lucked out ….
Since the start of the lock-down we’ve had a special kind of music in our house. Not special because of its genre or style. Not reliant on well …
Fancy a new word…?
During the last few months amongst other national changes, we’ve started to use words and phrases that we’ve never used before and as is so often the …
Wash behind your ears
‘It’s only us mum.’ ‘How did you get in son?’ ‘There is a keybox outside your door, we insert the code and use the key that’s in it.’ ‘Oh well, …
The Nation’s Comfort Blanket
For well over a hundred years, radio has played an important part in international, national and private lives journaling every part of our history. …