Age and Ageing

Editorial:

WILLIAM R. PRIMROSE

Community hospitals
Age Ageing 1998 27: 261-263; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DIOGENES

News and reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 265-266; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentaries:

AJIT SHAH

The psychiatric needs of ethnic minority elders in the UK
Age Ageing 1998 27: 267-269; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GRETA RAIT and ALISTER BURNS

Screening for depression and cognitive impairment in older people from ethnic minorities
Age Ageing 1998 27: 271-275; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.271 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NAOKI IKEGAMI

Growing old in Japan
Age Ageing 1998 27: 277-278; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research papers:

BRUNO BROCHET, PHILIPPE MICHEL, PASCALE BARBERGER-GATEAU, and JEAN-FRANCOIS DARTIGUES

Population-based study of pain in elderly people: a descriptive survey
Age Ageing 1998 27: 279-284; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.279 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARK SUDLOW, RICHARD THOMSON, HELEN RODGERS, STELLA LIVINGSTONE, and ROSE ANNE KENNY

The effect of age and quality of life on doctors' decisions to anticoagulate patients with atrial fibrillation
Age Ageing 1998 27: 285-289; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.285 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NIALL L. T. COX, PAUL SAINSBURY, JAMES M. MCLENACHAN, and OLIVER J. CORRADO

Investigating heart failure in elderly people: does everyone need an echocardiogram?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 291-295; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.291 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHAUN O'KEEFEE, GILL HARVEY, and MICHAEL LYE

Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly patients with heart failure
Age Ageing 1998 27: 297-301; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.297 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RAFFAELE ANTONELU INCALZI, OLIVIERO CAPPARELLA, ANTONELLA GEMMA, FRANCESCO LANDI, FRANCESCO PAGANO, LUCA CIPRIANI, and PIERUGO CARBONIN

Inadequate caloric intake: a risk factor for mortality of geriatric patients in the acute-care hospital
Age Ageing 1998 27: 303-310; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARCEL G. M. OLDE RIKKERT, MARTIN A.VAN'T HOF, HENK BADDENHUYSEN, and WILLIBRORD H. L. HOEFNAGELS

Individuality and responsiveness of biochemical indices of dehydration in hospitalized elderly patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 311-319; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.311 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROGER N. BARTON, KEITH N. FRAYN, H. BERRINGTON STONER, and RODERICK A. LITTLE

Effects of ageing on the initial metabolic response to accidental injury
Age Ageing 1998 27: 321-326; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.321 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHO YIN YUNG, SAMUEL L. S. TSE, KENNETH S. Y. CHAN, CHRIS K. C. CHOW, CECILIA W. S. YAU, THOMAS Y. K. CHAN, and JULIAN A. J. H. CRITCHLEY

Age-related decline in the knowledge of diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemic symptoms in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients in Hong Kong
Age Ageing 1998 27: 327-332; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.327 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARTYN J. PARKER, CHRIS J. TODD, CHRIS R. PALMER, CORINNE CAMILLERI-FERRANTE, CAROL J. FREEMAN, CLAIRE E. LAXTON, BRIAN V. PAYNE, and NEIL RUSHTON

Inter-hospital variations in length of hospital stay following hip fracture
Age Ageing 1998 27: 333-337; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.333 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LORRAINE KYNE, AIDEEN MORAN, CONOR KEANE, and DESMOND O'NEILL

Hospital-acquired diarrhoea in elderly patients: epidemiology and staff awareness
Age Ageing 1998 27: 339-343; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.339 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL MCNAMEE, JAKOB CHRISTENSEN, JENNIFER SOUTTER, HELEN RODGERS, NEIL CRAIG, PAULINE PEARSON, and JOHN BOND

Cost analysis of early supported hospital discharge for stroke
Age Ageing 1998 27: 345-351; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.345 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROSEMARY MORGAN, BRANWELL SPENCER, and DEBRA KING

Rectal examinations in elderly subjects: attitudes of patients and doctors
Age Ageing 1998 27: 353-356; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.353 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PETER J. COOK and LEONARD PORTER

Community hospitals and district general hospital medical bed use by elderly people: a study of 342 general practitioner beds in Oxfordshire
Age Ageing 1998 27: 357-361; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.357 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NICOLA C. CHAPMAN, ELAINE BANNERMAN, STEPHEN COWEN, and WILLIAM J. MACLENNAN

The relationship of anthropometry and bio-electrical impedance to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in elderly men and women
Age Ageing 1998 27: 363-367; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.363 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ABEBAW M. YOHANNES, JAMAL ROOMI, KAREN WATERS, and MARTIN J. CONNOLLY

A comparison of the Barthel index and Nottingham extended activities of daily living scale in the assessment of disability in chronic airflow limitation in old age
Age Ageing 1998 27: 369-374; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.369 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELLEN R. T. SILVEIRA and SHAH EBRAHIM

A comparison of mental health among minority ethnic elders and whites in East and North London
Age Ageing 1998 27: 375-383; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.375 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MICHAEL S. ROBERTS, MICHELLE KING, JULIE A. STOKES, TERESA A. LYNNE, CHRISTOPHER J. BONNER, SEAN MCCARTHY, ANDREW WILSON, PAUL GLASZIOU, and W. JOHN PUGH

Medication prescribing and administration in nursing homes
Age Ageing 1998 27: 385-392; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.385 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report:

LISA RöNNBERG

Quality of life in nursing-home residents: an intervention study of the effect of mental stimulation through an audiovisual programme
Age Ageing 1998 27: 393-397; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.393 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

BERIT AGRELL and OVE DEHLIN

The clock-drawing test
Age Ageing 1998 27: 399-403; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.399 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

LUDOVICA CAPUTO, MARGHERITA CASARTELLI, CHIARA PERRONE, MARISA SANTORI, GIORGIO ANNONI, and CARLO VERGANI

The ‘eye test’ in the identification of patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease
Age Ageing 1998 27: 405; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.405 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. ADUNSKY, H. FISCHBEIN, and M. WEISER

Emotions, aerophagia and severe abdominal distension in an elderly person
Age Ageing 1998 27: 406-407; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.406 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHI CHIU MOK, CHAK SING LAU, and RAYMOND WOON SING WONG

Still's disease in an 80-year-old woman
Age Ageing 1998 27: 407-409; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.407 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DARYL LEUNG

Methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus
Age Ageing 1998 27: 409; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.409 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHELDON STONE

Author's reply
Age Ageing 1998 27: 409-410; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.409-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ALBERT SELVA O'CALLAGHAN, ANTONIO SAN JOSÉ LAPORTE, CARLOS JACAS ESCARCELLE, and MIQUEL VILARDELL TARRÉS

Delirium in older hospitalized patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 410-411; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.410 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHRIS MACKNIGHT, ANNE BOYDON, and KENNETH ROCKWOOD

Screening instruments for depression in elderly subjects
Age Ageing 1998 27: 411; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.411 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHRISTIAN SWINNE, PASCALE CORNETTE, DIDIER SCHOEVAERDTS, VÉRONIQUE LATTEUR, and CLAUDE MELON

Frailty in the medical literature
Age Ageing 1998 27: 411-413; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.411-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. M. P. JOLOBE

Cardioversion for atrial fibrillation
Age Ageing 1998 27: 413-414; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.413 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GILLIAN E. MEAD and ANDREW T. ELDER

SIR
Age Ageing 1998 27: 414; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.414 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PETER J. LAWSON

Authors' reply
Age Ageing 1998 27: 414; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.414-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PABLO PRZYGODA, JORGE JANSON, LUIS CÁMERA, and LUIS MARCELO MAYORGA

Why healthy elderly Argentinians fail to comply with influenza vaccination
Age Ageing 1998 27: 414-415; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.414-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL LINEHAN and SHAUN O'KEEFFE

Quinine and nocturnal leg cramps
Age Ageing 1998 27: 415; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.3.415 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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