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. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The only exception is where we have large quantities already in stock. Please check the current stock list below if you wish to place an order, then contact us with your request, and we'll do what we can to help. Please note that the guides are supplied free of charge while stocks last, but there will be a postage charge added depending on the size of your order.  

Please note that all guides can also be viewed, shared, or downloaded free of charge from our new  Downloadable Guides page.

Printed guides available for organisations

General guides

• GEN1    Publications list
• GEN5    Returning to Scotland from abroad
• GEN6    Useful contacts
• GEN10  Feeling lonely?
• GEN11  Being prepared: Power cuts, extreme weather and beyond

Care guides

• CARE1  Care Home Guide: Living in a care home
• CARE3  Care Home Checklist
• CARE9  A guide for adult carers in Scotland

Legal and family guides

• LEG3     Help to manage your money and benefits
• LEG5     Arranging a funeral
• 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

• M3         State Pension
• M5         Pension Age Disability Payment
• M6         Carer Support
• M8         The Scottish Welfare Fund
• M10       Money Matters
• M11       Funeral Support Payment
• M12       Universal Credit
• M13       Avoiding Scams
• 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
• HOU11   Thermometer card

 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
• 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

• VET4    Veterans guide to later life in Scotland