Older people: key references and evidence
Reaction to the UK Government Office for Science Foresight report “Future of an Ageing Population”. (no date) Scottish Science Advisory Council (3915KB)
Scotland's Carers. Scottish Government. March 2014. ISBN: 9781785442384 Several update releases have been issued since the original report, and are available at Scottish Government - Scotland’s Carers Publications
Harding, O., Hay, L., Mackie, P., Health and social care needs of older people in Scotland: Epidemiological Assessment (3998KB) Scottish Public Health Network, 2013.
Health Inequalities in Old Age. (734KB) United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) programme on ageing (social.un.org/ageing)).
Centre for Better Ageing. The State of Ageing in 2019 (1823KB)
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)
