Resources Hub

Living well

• Alcohol (PDF)
• Breathlessness (PDF)
• Cholesterol (PDF)
• Healthy Eating (PDF)
• Healthy Weight (PDF)
• Mental Wellbeing (PDF)
• Physical Activity (PDF)
• Salt (PDF)
• Stopping Smoking (PDF)
• Tiredness and Fatigue (PDF)
• Chronic Pain

Long Covid resources

• Long Covid Essential Guide
• Long Covid Fatigue Essential Guide
• Life with Long Covid Essential Guide
• Exercising Safely with Long Covid
• Managing Breathlessness with Long Covid

Chest resources

• Living With Bronchiectasis (PDF)
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Essential Guide (PDF)
• COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (PDF)
• Safe Use of Inhalers and Nebulisers

Heart resources

• Atrial Fibrillation Essential Guide
• Heart Attack: A Guide to your Recovery (PDF)
• Living With Angina (PDF)
• Living With Heart Failure (PDF)
• Living With High Blood Pressure (PDF)
• SCAD – Spontaneous Coronary Arterial Dissection (PDF)
• Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (Broken Heart Syndrome) (PDF)
• Understanding the Need for Changes After a Heart Attack (PDF)
• Reducing the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke (PDF)

Stroke resources

• Stroke (PDF)
• Stroke: A Guide to Recovery at Home (PDF)
• Stroke: A Guide to Recovery in Hospital (PDF)
• Stroke: A Carer’s Guide (PDF)
• TIA: Transient Ischaemic Attack (PDF)
• Understanding Haemorrhagic Stroke (PDF)
• Coming To Terms with A Stroke (PDF)
• Relationships and Sex After Stroke (PDF)
• Helping with communication after stroke (PDF)
• Bladder and Bowel Management After A Stroke (PDF)
• Positioning For People Affected By Stroke (PDF)
• Swallowing Problems After Stroke (PDF)
• Reducing the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke (PDF)
• Essential Guide to Vision After Stroke (PDF)

Resources for people with aphasia

• Aphasia Factsheet
• Aphasia Booklet
• Your Stroke Journey – Recovering in Hospital (PDF)
• Your Stroke Journey – Recovering at Home (PDF)
• Aphasia ID Card: credit card size that can be shown by people who have communication difficulties (printed resource only)
• Conversation Support Book: an A5 ring-bound book with laminated pages that opens flat. It contains 44 pages of images on a variety of topics to help support a conversation with someone who has difficulty communicating due to stroke (printed resource only)

Use our online order form to order a printed copy of any of the resources listed on this page – it’s free of charge in Scotland!

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Children’s stroke resources

• When my Mum / Dad / Grandad / Gran was ill: a ringbound book with fold out pages and activities for younger children (printed resource only)
• When my Mum / Dad was ill: A4 comic-style for children of reading age (printed resource only)
• Jo’s story: A4 magazine article style for older children (printed resource only)

Use our online order form to order a printed copy of any of the resources listed on this page – it’s free of charge in Scotland!

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Resources for health professionals

• Heart Failure Traffic Lights (PDF)
• Traffic Lights for COPD (PDF)