Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Tom Dening and Jatinder Bains

Mental health services for residents of care homes
Age Ageing 2004 33: 1-2; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tony Luxton

Assess first, admit second
Age Ageing 2004 33: 3-4; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne Crowe

Anaesthesia and the older surgical patient: something old, something new, something borrowed...
Age Ageing 2004 33: 4-5; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Thompson G. Robinson and John F. Potter

Blood pressure in acute stroke
Age Ageing 2004 33: 6-12; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg121 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Elisabeth Rydwik, Kerstin Frändin, and Gunnar Akner

Effects of physical training on physical performance in institutionalised elderly patients (70+) with multiple diagnoses
Age Ageing 2004 33: 13-23; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh001 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Short Piece:

Nicholas Coni

The Letter
Age Ageing 2004 33: 24; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

David Challis, Paul Clarkson, Janine Williamson, Jane Hughes, Dan Venables, Alistair Burns, and Ashley Weinberg

The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes
Age Ageing 2004 33: 25-34; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh007 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Clarke, J. Grimley Evans, J. Schneede, E. Nexo, C. Bates, A. Fletcher, A. Prentice, C. Johnston, P. M. Ueland, H. Refsum, P. Sherliker, J. Birks, G. Whitlock, E. Breeze, and J. M. Scott

Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in later life
Age Ageing 2004 33: 34-41; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg109 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Rowat, Joanna Wardlaw, and Martin Dennis

Changes in arterial oxygen saturation before and after enteral feeding tube insertion in dysphagic stroke patients
Age Ageing 2004 33: 42-45; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg116 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rowan H. Harwood, Opinder Sahota, Kay Gaynor, Tahir Masud, and David J. Hosking

A randomised, controlled comparison of different calcium and vitamin D supplementation regimens in elderly women after hip fracture: The Nottingham Neck of Femur (NONOF) Study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 45-51; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh002 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer C. Nitz and Nancy Low Choy

The efficacy of a specific balance-strategy training programme for preventing falls among older people: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2004 33: 52-58; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh029 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vianda S. Stel, Johannes H. Smit, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, and Paul Lips

Consequences of falling in older men and women and risk factors for health service use and functional decline
Age Ageing 2004 33: 58-65; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh028 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yih Yiow Sitoh, Yih Yian Sitoh, and Suresh Sahadevan

Clinical significance of cerebral white matter lesions in older Asians with suspected dementia
Age Ageing 2004 33: 67-71; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh005 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher S. Gray, Jon F. Scott, Joyce M. French, K. G. M. M. Alberti, and Janice E. O’Connell

Prevalence and prediction of unrecognised diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance following acute stroke
Age Ageing 2004 33: 71-77; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh026 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

José L. Fernández-Torre and Apolinar G. Díaz-Castroverde

Non-convulsive status epilepticus in elderly individuals: report of four representative cases
Age Ageing 2004 33: 78-81; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh030 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Moshe Kamar, Avner Bar-Dayan, Oded Zmora, and Amram Ayalon

Small bowel obstruction from a dislodged feeding tube
Age Ageing 2004 33: 81-82; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh012 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Ian C. Steele and Maureen Finnegan

The right medicine
Age Ageing 2004 33: 83; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh020 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Y. Sitoh

SARS – a geriatrician’s perspective
Age Ageing 2004 33: 83-84; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.83-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Sivakumar, T. Tong, P. Ghosh, and S. A. Khan

Prescribing indicators
Age Ageing 2004 33: 84; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Speciale, R. Turco, F. Magnifico, G. Bellelli, and M. Trabucchi

Frailty is the main predictor of falls in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation training
Age Ageing 2004 33: 84-85; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.84-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Crome and Elliot F. Epstein

Using prescribing indicators to measure the quality of prescribing to lderly medical in-patients
Age Ageing 2004 33: 85; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heather L. Elphick, Merryn Gott, and B. Jane Liddle

Where now with Do Not Attempt Resuscitation decisions?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 86; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin Stewart and Claire Spice

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 86-87; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.86-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia Newton

Prevention of malnutrition in older people during and after hospitalisation: results from a randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2004 33: 87; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh025 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 87; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.87-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Jane Liddle

Ethical Patient Care: A Casebook for Geriatric Health Care Teams
Age Ageing 2004 33: 88; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Denham

Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges
Age Ageing 2004 33: 88-89; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.88-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Vilasuso

Rehabilitation for the Older Person – A Handbook for the Interdisciplinary Team
Age Ageing 2004 33: 89; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arup K. Banerjee

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery
Age Ageing 2004 33: 89-90; doi:10.1093/ageing/33.1.89-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

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

Medication use and falls in community-dwelling older persons
Age Ageing 2004 33: 91; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh058 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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