Healthy Ageing
This section is for people who want to know more about the Healthy Ageing related programme of work being taken forward by Health Scotland and our partners.
You'll also find links to Healthy Ageing learning opportunities and networks, research, publications and related websites.
Background and policy information
An introduction to what's driving our work on Healthy Ageing and why.
Mental Health and Well-being in Later Life
Find out about Health Scotland's work to improve the mental health and well-being of older people.
News & Events
Active for Later Life
The Health in Later Life team at Health Scotland has launched a new web-resource to support practitioners working to encourage physical activity in older people
Health Scotland in partnership with the British Heart Foundation, have produced an updated resource to help all those involved in developing physical activity programmes for older people. The Active for Later Life resource provides practical guidance documents for practitioners, summaries of evidence and recommendations, policy and strategic connections, and a series of working papers that support health, social care and public service planning colleagues.
The web resource has been developed as a means of widening the support currently provided for promoting physical activity to an ageing population. Keeping active is acknowledged to be a key factor in maintaining health and well-being in later life; the accepted recommendation is 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on five days a week. For all adults over the age of 55, including those who are frail, three sessions a week of strength and balance are also recommended.
The web-resource also gives valuable advice on the role played by physical activity in the prevention of falls, and provides support for physical activity in black, minority ethnic groups.
Active for Later Life is accompanied by two presentations one on Making the case for physical activity in later life and one on Physical activity and the prevention of falls among older people which you can use when making the case for introducing physical activity programmes for older people.
Healthy Ageing learning
Details of opportunities for learning and training about Healthy Ageing issues and related networks for sharing knowledge and best practices.
HEALTHY AGEING RESOURCES
Healthy Ageing research
Ongoing research, evaluations, work on the evidence base and links to published research on Healthy Ageing.
Healthy Ageing publications
Listings of Healthy Ageing reports, evaluations, leaflets and other printed materials produced by Health Scotland.
Healthy Ageing links
Related pages and websites on Healthy Ageing for various audiences from Health Scotland, our partners and other organisations.