Age and Ageing

Editorial

TIM J. WILKINSON and RICHARD SAINSBURY

Hip protectors
Age Ageing 1998 27: 89-90; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.89 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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DIOGENES

News and reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 91-92; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.91 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special article

HARALD J. J. VERHAAR, CLEMENS BECKER, and OTTO I. J. LINDBERG

European Academy for Medicine of Ageing: a new network for geriatricians in Europe
Age Ageing 1998 27: 93-94; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.93 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Innovations in clinical practice

Get checked abstract STUART G. HUTCHINSON, J. TARRANT, and MARTIN P SEVERS

An inpatient bed for acute nursing home admissions
Age Ageing 1998 27: 95-98; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.95 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research papers

Get checked abstract DAVID G. SMITHARD, PAUL A. O'NEILL, CLARE PARK, RUTH ENGLAND, DEBORAH S. RENWICK, ROSEMARY WYATT, JULIE MORRIS, DERICK F. MARTIN, and FOR THE NORTH WEST DYSPHAGIA GROUP

Can bedside assessment reliably exclude aspiration following acute stroke?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 99-106; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.99 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract CHING-LIN HSIEH, I-PING HSUEH, FU-MEI CHIANG, and PO-HSIN LIN

Inter-rater reliability and validity of the Action Research arm test in stroke patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 107-113; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract JOHN ELLUL, CAROLINE WATKINS, and DAVID BARER

Estimating total Barthel scores from just three items: the European Stroke Database ‘minimum dataset’ for assessing functional status at discharge from hospital
Age Ageing 1998 27: 115-122; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.115 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract VALÉRIE DORMENVAL, EJVIND BUDTZ-JØRGENSEN, PHILIPPE MOJON, ANDRÉ BRUYÈRE, and CHARLES-HENRI RAPIN

Associations between malnutrition, poor general health and oral dryness in hospitalized elderly patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 123-128; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.123 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract JULIA ADDINGTON-HALL, DAN ALTMANN, and MARK MCCARTHY

Variations by age in symptoms and dependency levels experienced by people in the last year of life, as reported by surviving family, friends and officials
Age Ageing 1998 27: 129-136; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.129 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract FRANCE MOUREY, THIERRY POZZO, INES ROUHIER-MARCER, and JEAN-PIERRE DIDIER

A kinematic comparison between elderly and young subjects standing up from and sitting down in a chair
Age Ageing 1998 27: 137-146; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.137 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract MICHAEL G. BEMBEN, BENJAMIN H. MASSEY, DEBRA A. BEMBEN, RICHARD A. BOILEAU, and JAMES E. MISNER

Age-related variability in body composition methods for assessment of percent fat and fat-free mass in men aged 20–74 years
Age Ageing 1998 27: 147-153; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract ABEBW M. YOHANNES, JAMAL ROOMI, ROBERT C. BALDWIN, and MARTIN J. CONNOLLY

Depression in elderly outpatients with disabling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Age Ageing 1998 27: 155-160; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.155 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract JESÚS LÓPEZ ARRIETA and FERNANDO RODRÍGUEZ ARTALEJO

Methodology, results and quality of clinical trials of tacrine in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of the literature
Age Ageing 1998 27: 161-179; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract BRIAN COOPER and CLIVE HOLMES

Previous psychiatric history as a risk factor for late-life dementia: a population-based case-control study
Age Ageing 1998 27: 181-188; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract CAROL BANNISTER, CLIVE BALLARD, MARISSZA LANA, ANDREW FAIRBAIRN, and GORDON WILCOCK

Placement of dementia sufferers in residential and nursing home care
Age Ageing 1998 27: 189-193; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.189 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. TRACEY A. VILLAR, PRIM HILL, HAZEL INSKIP, PAUL THOMPSON, and CYRUS COOPER

Will elderly rest home residents wear hip protectors?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 195-198; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.195 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract PAUL F. D. HIGGS, LEA D. MACDONALD, JOHN S. MACDONALD, and MICHAEL C. WARD

Home from home: residents' opinions of nursing homes and long-stay wards
Age Ageing 1998 27: 199-205; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.199 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract MARIROSA DELLO BUONO, ORNELLA URCIUOLI, and DIEGO DE LEO

Quality of life and longevity: a study of centenarians
Age Ageing 1998 27: 207-216; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.207 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short reports

Get checked abstract DAN L. BADER and STEVEN H. WHITE

The viability of soft tissues in elderly subjects undergoing hip surgery
Age Ageing 1998 27: 217-221; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract THOMAS BØHMER and ARNE RØSETH

Prolonged digitoxin half-life in very elderly patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 222-224; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.222 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract JARI PARKKARI, JUSSI HEIKKILÄ, and PEKKA KANNUS

Acceptability and compliance with wearing energy-shunting hip protectors: a 6-month prospective follow-up in a Finnish nursing home
Age Ageing 1998 27: 225-229; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.225 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract STEVEN BOONEN and PATRICK NICHOLSON

Assessment of femoral bone fragility and fracture risk by ultrasonic measurements at the calcaneus
Age Ageing 1998 27: 231-237; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.231 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MICHAEL P. BARNES

Management of spasticity
Age Ageing 1998 27: 239-245; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter from...

JINZHOU TIAN

LETTER FROM...CHINA: Research into the treatment of vascular dementia in China using traditional therapies
Age Ageing 1998 27: 247-250; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.247 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

FERNANDO JOSÉ RUIZ LAIGLESIA, FERMÍN RECLUSA POYO, and CARMEN TORRUBIA PÉREZ

Hypophysial insufficiency in old age: a forgotten syndrome?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 251-252; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews

J. SNAPE

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 257; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.257 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. KHANNA

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 257; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.257-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P .P MAYER

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 257; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.257-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. F. FAIRBAIRN

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 257-258; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.257-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. B. SHUKLA

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 258; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.258 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DESMOND O'NEILL

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 258; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.258-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. F. FAIRBAIRN

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 258-259; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.258-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. G. BARBER

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 259; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANITA THOMAS

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 259; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.259-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. R. O. BERINGER

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 260; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.260 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. W. OVERSTALL

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 260; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.2.260-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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