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Tag: age scotland

Physical activity key to social prescribing model approach

New paper calls on leadership and policy to deliver significant change SIXTY leading health specialists and politicians have joined calls for an overhaul to Scotland’s approach...

Medical Students raise money collectively walking to the south pole

Medical students are raising money for the charity Age Scotland as they collectively walk, run and cycle the distance from Dundee to the South...

Bungling contractors install Edinburgh bus shelter seating “too high”

YOUNG children and the elderly have been left standing at Edinburgh’s bus shelters - after bungling contractors installed seating at the wrong height. Edinburgh Council...

Scots charity joins with travel group to raise awareness for elderly

A SCOTS charity is partnering with a travel group to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the older population. Age Scotland, an organisation which supports...

Edinburgh tram passengers will be left “cold and wet”

PASSENGERS at Edinburgh’s tram stops will be left “cold and wet” due to inadequate shelter, critics warn. Politicians, elderly support groups and passenger watchdogs have...

OAP “left to rot” in bed

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an elderly man was left “bleeding to death” in the home he shared with his dementia sufferer sister. John...

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