Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Vasi Naganathan and Robert Cumming

Setting up a specialised service for falls and fracture prevention
Age Ageing 2003 32: 471-472; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Rockwood

Need we do so badly in managing delirium in elderly patients?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 473-474; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg095 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Wendy Neil, Stephen Curran, and John Wattis

Antipsychotic prescribing in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 475-483; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg061 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate...:

Clare L. Hawley

Is it ever enough to die of old age?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 484-486; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg066 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariëtte A. Van Den Hoven and Marcel F. Verweij

Should we promote influenza vaccination of health care workers in nursing homes? Some ethical arguments in favour of immunization
Age Ageing 2003 32: 487-489; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg089 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2003 32: 490-492; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg072 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thoughts on Education:

D. R. Ives

Educational objectives for SHOs in medicine for the elderly on medical rotation
Age Ageing 2003 32: 493; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg091 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Innovations in Practice:

Jacqueline C. T. Close and Marion E. T. McMurdo

Falls and bone health services for older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 494-496; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg079 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Julia L. Newton, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Frearson, and Roger M. Francis

A prospective evaluation of bone mineral density measurement in females who have fallen
Age Ageing 2003 32: 497-502; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg062 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kaven D. Kelly, Will Pickett, N. Yiannakoulias, Brian H. Rowe, Don P. Schopflocher, Larry Svenson, and Don C. Voaklander

Medication use and falls in community-dwelling older persons
Age Ageing 2003 32: 503-509; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg081 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tess Harris, Derek G. Cook, Christina Victor, Elizabeth Rink, Anthony H. Mann, Sunil Shah, Stephen DeWilde, and Carole Beighton

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older people—a survey of two general practice populations
Age Ageing 2003 32: 510-518; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg087 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Sinead O’Mahony, M. F. Victor Sim, Shu F. Ho, John A. Steward, Maurice Buchalter, and Michael Burr

Diastolic heart failure in older people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 519-524; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg090 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. J. Young and J. George

Do guidelines improve the process and outcomes of care in delirium?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 525-528; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg094 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy P. C. Kessels and Edward H. F. De Haan

Mnemonic strategies in older people: a comparison of errorless and errorful learning
Age Ageing 2003 32: 529-533; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg068 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frans R. J. Verhey, Felicia A. Huppert, Edith C. C. M. Korten, Peter Houx, Marjolein de Vugt, Natasja van Lang, Peter P. DeDeyn, Jos Saerens, Mirco Neri, Luc de Vreese, Jordi Peña-Casanova, Peter Böhm, Gabriela Stoppe, Ulrich Fleischmann, Anders Wallin, Per Hellström, Huub Middelkoop, Ward Bollen, Edwin L. Klinkenberg, Mayke M. A. Derix, and Jellemer Jolles

Cross-national comparisons of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination-revised: the CAMCOG-R: Results from the European Harmonization Project for Instruments in Dementia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 534-540; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg060 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Knafelc, Dina Lo Giudice, Susan Harrigan, Roslyn Cook, Leon Flicker, Andrew Mackinnon, and David Ames

The combination of cognitive testing and an informant questionnaire in screening for dementia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 541-547; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg088 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Robert D. Hill, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Lars Nyberg, and Lars Bäckman

Cigarette smoking and cognitive performance in healthy Swedish adults
Age Ageing 2003 32: 548-550; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg067 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Atef B. Michael and David Murphy

Montelukast-associated Churg–Strauss syndrome
Age Ageing 2003 32: 551-552; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg076 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letter:

Karthik Kayan, John Kanis, and Eugene McCloskey

Osteoporosis management by geriatricians in the UK
Age Ageing 2003 32: 553; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg085 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Chris Durkin

Locked-in syndrome caused by basilar artery ectasia
Age Ageing 2003 32: 554-555; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg082a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Al-Sardar

Reply
Age Ageing 2003 32: 555; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg082b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rita Mildner, Annette Snell, Amit Arora, Don Sims, and Emma Wales

The prevalence of bedrail use in British hospitals
Age Ageing 2003 32: 555-556; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.5.555-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. M. P. Jolobe

Hyperkalaemic paralysis
Age Ageing 2003 32: 556-557; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg082d [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Dzien, C. Dzien-Bischinger, F. Hoppichler, and Monika Lechleitner

Antihypertensive medication with beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors—effects on weight gain associated with ageing
Age Ageing 2003 32: 557-558; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg082e [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Steve Allsup

Infectious Disease in the Aging. A Clinical Handbook
Age Ageing 2003 32: 559; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg069a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shankar Loharuka

The Specialist Registrar Handbook—Second Edition
Age Ageing 2003 32: 559; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.5.559-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Pritchard Howarth

Elderly Medicine: A Training Guide
Age Ageing 2003 32: 559-560; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.5.559-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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