Guides for Organisations

Age Scotland offers a wide range of useful guides that are available to view online, download, or order by post.

Due to a recent reduction in funding, we are no longer able to provide bulk orders of printed publications to organisations. The only exception is where we have large quantities already in stock. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Please check the current stock list below if you wish to order more than 2 copies of any single publication. Then, contact us with your request, and we'll do what we can to help. 

All guides can also be viewed, shared, or downloaded from our new Downloadable Guides page.

Printed guides available for organisations

General guides

• GEN1    Publications list
• GEN4    Age Maze
• GEN5    Returning to Scotland from abroad
• GEN6    Useful contacts
• GEN8    Rights of LGBTQ+ older people in Scotland
• GEN10 Feeling lonely?
• GEN11 Being prepared: Power cuts, extreme weather and beyond

Care guides

• CARE9  A guide for adult carers in Scotland

Legal and family guides

• LEG2     Legal options for someone who has lost capacity
• LEG3     Help to manage your money and benefits
• LEG4     Making your will
• LEG5     Arranging a funeral
• LEG7     Finding and paying for legal advice
• LEG9     Worried an older person is being abused?
• LEG10  Staying safe from abuse
• LEG11  The older worker's guide
• LEG12  Driving in later life
• LEG13  Guide for victims of crime
• LEG14  Staying safe online
• LEG15  Being an attorney: Understanding the role

Money and benefit guides

• M5          Pension Age Disability Payment
• M6          Carer Support
• M10       Money Matters
• M15       What is a benefit check?
• M16       Adult Disability Payment
• M17       Challenging benefit decisions
• M18       Help with Council Tax

Housing and energy guides

• HOU1   Housing Options
• HOU9   Fire safety and older people in Scotland
• HOU10 Warm and Well
• HOU12 Older Homeowner's Guide

 Health and wellbeing guides

• HWB1   Eat Well
• HWB3   Mental Health: Supporting someone with their mental health
• HWB4   Mental health: Keeping well and who can help
• HWB5   Mental health: A guide to mental capacity in Scotland
• HWB7   Accessing NHS Services: Who to contact and how
• HWB10 NHS Hospital Appointments and Stays
• HWB12 Bladder and bowel problems
• HWB13 Health and wellbeing in later life
• HWB14 Bereavement
• HWB15 Hydration Matters
• HWB16 Keeping active in later life
• HWB19 Keeping your feet in later life
• HWB20 Worried about slips, trips and stumbles?

Dementia guides

• DEM1    Reducing your risk of dementia
• DEM5    Living well with early stage dementia
• DEM6    Caring for someone with early stage dementia
• DEM8    What is dementia?
• DEM11 Creating an enabling home for someone with dementia
• DEM16 Rights of unpaid carers of people living with dementia

Veterans guides

• VET11   Support for older LGBT+ veterans in Scotland