Policy
Age Scotland is active across many devolved policy areas affecting older people, including health and social care and housing, and also in reserved policies such as income and benefits, poverty and age discrimination.
We develop our policy priorities through speaking directly to older poeple, conducting regular research, analysing the impact of local, Scottish and national government policies on older people, and by working in partnership with other organisations that support older people.
We communicate regularly with politicians and decision makers across Scotland, the rest of the UK and Europe to influence the development and implementation of policies and services that have an impact on older people, age and ageing. We achieve this by writing and distributing our own policy briefings on the issues, attending conferences and seminars to promote the interests and concerns of older people, responding to national and local policy consultations and meeting with politicians and other decision makers to influence their thinking.
The links to left take you to the various policy sections of the website.