Older people: key references and evidence
Reaction to the UK Government Office for Science Foresight report “Future of an Ageing Population”. Scottish Science Advisory Council
Scotland's Carers. Scottish Government. March 2014. ISBN: 9781785442384
Social Care Services in Scotland 2017. Scottish Government. ISBN:9781788514491
Harding, O., Hay, L., Mackie, P., Health and social care needs of older people in Scotland: Epidemiological Assessment (3.4MB) Scottish Public Health Network, 2013.
Abayaratne et al. Topic report on Older People's Health from the Scottish Health Survey series, National Statistics Scotland, 2011.
The Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health (2017). WHO
Age Scotland, At home with Scotland's older people, report of the expert group on older peoples health, Age Scotland, 2012
Fenton L, Wyper GMA, McCartney G, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2019;73:971–974
ONS publications related to ageing
Kaiser, A. A Review of Longitudinal Datasets on Ageing. Population Ageing 6, 5–27 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-013-9082-3
The Centre for Better Ageing. The State of Ageing in 2019
WHO 10 facts on ageing and the life course
The State of MSK Health in 2019
Swain S, et al. Trends in Incidence and Prevalence of Osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom: Findings from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019; 71 (suppl 10).
Health Inequalities in Old Age. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) programme on ageing (social.un.org/ageing)).
Effectiveness evidence
ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Cochrane Library: Browse by topic
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
