Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert and Anne-Sophie Rigaud

Malnutrition research: high time to change the menu
Age Ageing 2003 32: 241-243; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.241 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Douglas G. MacMahon

The initial drug treatment of older patients with Parkinson's disease – consider an agonist, but don't demonise dopa
Age Ageing 2003 32: 244-245; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.244 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clive Bowman

The new imperative of long-term care
Age Ageing 2003 32: 246-247; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.246 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Maria Frampton

Experience assessment and management of pain in people with dementia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 248-251; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.248 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research paper:

Richard Liston, Jane Mickelborough, Jacqueline Bene, and Raymond Tallis

A new classification of higher level gait disorders in patients with cerebral multi-infarct states
Age Ageing 2003 32: 252-258; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.252 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J. Margolis, Jill Knauss, Warren Bilker, and Mona Baumgarten

Medical conditions as risk factors for pressure ulcers in an outpatient setting
Age Ageing 2003 32: 259-264; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.259 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salma Ayis, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Shah Ebrahim, and MRC Health Services Research Collaboration

Long-standing and limiting long-standing illness in older people: associations with chronic diseases, psychosocial and environmental factors
Age Ageing 2003 32: 265-272; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.265 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Tanguy, Marie-Claire Toufektsian, Sophie Besse, Véronique Ducros, Joël de Leiris, and FranÇois Boucher

Dietary selenium intake affects cardiac susceptibility to ischaemia/reperfusion in male senescent rats
Age Ageing 2003 32: 273-278; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.273 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Carpenter, Michelle Perry, David Challis, and Kevin Hope

Identification of registered nursing care of residents in English nursing homes using the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS/RAI) and Resource Utilisation Groups version III (RUG-III)
Age Ageing 2003 32: 279-285; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.279 [Abstract] [PDF] ErratumAppendix [Request Permissions]  

Barbora Richardson, Ginette Kitchen, and Gill Livingston

Developing the KAMA instrument (knowledge and management of abuse)
Age Ageing 2003 32: 286-291; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.286 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gwenno M. Batty, Robert L. Grant, Reena Aggarwal, Derek Lowe, Jonathon M. Potter, Michael G. Pearson, and Stephen H. D. Jackson

Using prescribing indicators to measure the quality of prescribing to elderly medical in-patients
Age Ageing 2003 32: 292-298; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.292 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen C. Allen, Manish Jain, Suzanne Ragab, and Naveed Malik

Acquisition and short-term retention of inhaler techniques require intact executive function in elderly subjects
Age Ageing 2003 32: 299-302; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.299 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Rothera, Rob Jones, Rowan Harwood, Anthony Avery, and Jonathan Waite

Health status and assessed need for a cohort of older people admitted to nursing and residential homes
Age Ageing 2003 32: 303-309; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Sherrington and Hylton B. Menz

An evaluation of footwear worn at the time of fall-related hip fracture
Age Ageing 2003 32: 310-314; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.310 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heike A. Bischoff, Hannes B. Stähelin, Andreas U. Monsch, Maura D. Iversen, Antje Weyh, Margot von Dechend, Regula Akos, Martin Conzelmann, Walter Dick, and Robert Theiler

Identifying a cut-off point for normal mobility: a comparison of the timed ‘up and go’ test in community-dwelling and institutionalised elderly women
Age Ageing 2003 32: 315-320; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.315 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Gazzotti, Franck Arnaud-Battandier, Maria Parello, Sylvie Farine, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, and Jean Petermans

Prevention of malnutrition in older people during and after hospitalisation: results from a randomised controlled clinical trial
Age Ageing 2003 32: 321-325; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.321 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arduino A. Mangoni, Mark T. Kinirons, Cameron G. Swift, and Stephen H. D. Jackson

Impact of age on QT interval and QT dispersion in healthy subjects: a regression analysis
Age Ageing 2003 32: 326-331; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.326 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann Netten, Robin Darton, and Jacquetta Williams

Nursing home closures: effects on capacity and reasons for closure
Age Ageing 2003 32: 332-337; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.332 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Vassallo, Jagdish C. Sharma, Roger S.J. Briggs, and Stephen C. Allen

Characteristics of early fallers on elderly patient rehabilitation wards
Age Ageing 2003 32: 338-342; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.338 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report:

Yvonne Challiner, G. Iain Carpenter, Jonathan Potter, and Colleen Maxwell

Performance indicators for hospital services for older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 343-346; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.343 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Céline Savoye-Collet, Guillaume Savoye, Edith Koning, Anne-Marie Leroi, and Jean-Nicolas Dacher

Defecography in symptomatic older women living at home
Age Ageing 2003 32: 347-350; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.347 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Craig J. Smith and John R. Staniland

A difficult case of inflammatory myositis
Age Ageing 2003 32: 351-352; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.351 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Geoffrey C. Cloud, Rita Browne, Nina Salooja, and Kenneth A. McLean

Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an octogenarian: the elderly are not ‘immune’
Age Ageing 2003 32: 353-354; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.353 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Web page:

Jolyon Meara

Web page
Age Ageing 2003 32: 355; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.355 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Thai Lian Tan, Yew Yoong Ding, and Pink Kong Lieu

False positive findings in the ultrasound assessment of postvoid residual urine volume
Age Ageing 2003 32: 356; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.356 [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Rozzini, Tony Sabatini, and Marco Trabucchi

Hospital readmission for elderly patients: subjective versus objective considerations
Age Ageing 2003 32: 356-357; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.356-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arturo Vilches and R. H. Hyatt

Reliability of blood pressure measurement for orthostatic hypotension: a hospital-based questionnaire surve
Age Ageing 2003 32: 357; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.357 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Wenkstern and John Stokes

Photodynamic therapy in age-related macular degeneration: missing information
Age Ageing 2003 32: 357-359; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.357-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. H. Abdelhafiz, R. Lowles, N. Alam, A. Adebajo, and I. Philp

Clinical assessment of symptomatic osteoarthritis in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 359-360; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.359 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timo E. Strandberg

Long waiting list for by-pass surgery
Age Ageing 2003 32: 360; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.360 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Black

An audit of outcomes in day hospital-based crisis intervention
Age Ageing 2003 32: 360-361; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.360-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark T. Kinirons and Finbarr Martin

Randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led falls prevention programme
Age Ageing 2003 32: 361-362; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.361 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Lightbody, Caroline Watkins, Michael Leathley, Anil Sharma, and Michael Lye

Reply
Age Ageing 2003 32: 362-363; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.362 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming meetings:

Forthcoming Meetings
Age Ageing 2003 32: 364; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.3.364 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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