Age and Ageing

Editorials

Paul S. J. Miller

In economics as well as medicine prevention is better than cure
Age Ageing 2004 33: 217-218; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh085 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kausik Chatterjee, Susan Fall, and David Barer

Secondary prevention of stroke: more than just aspirin or warfarin
Age Ageing 2004 33: 218-220; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh102 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2004 33: 221-223; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh069 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review

Get checked abstract Nicola Higgins and Ciaran Regan

A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to help older people adhere to medication regimes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 8, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 224-229; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh072 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers

Get checked abstract Gerry Bennett, Carol Dealey, and John Posnett

The cost of pressure ulcers in the UK
Age Ageing 2004 33: 230-235; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh086 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew Jull, Natalie Walker, Maree Hackett, Mark Jones, Anthony Rodgers, Nicholas Birchall, Robyn Norton, and Stephen MacMahon

Leg ulceration and perceived health: a population based case-control study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 236-241; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh087 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. H. R. W. Simpson, S. Lamb, P. J. Roberts, T. N. Gardner, and J. Grimley Evans

Does the type of flooring affect the risk of hip fracture?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 242-246; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh071 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Amanda L. Cunliffe, John R. F. Gladman, Sharon L. Husbands, Paul Miller, Michael E. Dewey, and Rowan H. Harwood

Sooner and healthier: a randomised controlled trial and interview study of an early discharge rehabilitation service for older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 8, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 246-252; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh076 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Melzer and Maria Isabel Parahyba

Socio-demographic correlates of mobility disability in older Brazilians: results of the first national survey
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 8, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 253-259; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh075 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Renuka Visvanathan, Robert Penhall, and Ian Chapman

Nutritional screening of older people in a sub-acute care facility in Australia and its relation to discharge outcomes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 260-265; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh078 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bianca W. M. Schalk, Marjolein Visser, Dorly J. H. Deeg, and Lex M. Bouter

Lower levels of serum albumin and total cholesterol and future decline in functional performance in older persons: the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 266-272; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh073 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paula C. Fletcher and John P. Hirdes

Restriction in activity associated with fear of falling among community-based seniors using home care services
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 273-279; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh077 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anthony G. Rudd, Derek Lowe, Alexandra Hoffman, Penny Irwin, and M. Pearson

Secondary prevention for stroke in the United Kingdom: results from the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 280-286; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iain K. Crombie, Linda Irvine, Brian Williams, Alison R. McGinnis, Peter W. Slane, Elizabeth M. Alder, and Marion E. T. McMurdo

Why older people do not participate in leisure time physical activity: a survey of activity levels, beliefs and deterrents
Age Ageing 2004 33: 287-292; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh089 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joy Adamson, Debbie A. Lawlor, and Shah Ebrahim

Chronic diseases, locomotor activity limitation and social participation in older women: cross sectional survey of British Women’s Heart and Health Study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 293-298; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh090 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Suzanne Ragab, Michael Lunt, Anthony Birch, Peter Thomas, and Damian F. Jenkinson

Caffeine reduces cerebral blood flow in patients recovering from an ischaemic stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 299-303; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh091 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report

Get checked abstract Frank Miskelly

A novel system of electronic tagging in patients with dementia and wandering
Age Ageing 2004 33: 304-306; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh084 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters

B-Khanh Lam and Paul J. Hendry

Patients over 80 years: quality of life after aortic valve replacement
Age Ageing 2004 33: 307-309; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh014 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dennis T. Villareal, K. Steger-May, K. B. Schechtman, K. E. Yarasheski, M. Brown, D. R. Sinacore, and E. F. Binder

Effects of exercise training on bone mineral density in frail older women and men: a randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2004 33: 309-312; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh044 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah L. Keir, Joanna M. Wardlaw, and Martin S. Dennis

The impact of neuroimaging on clinical decisions in minor stroke
Age Ageing 2004 33: 312-314; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh070 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports

Get checked abstract Mirella Jane Parsonage, Elizabeth Hart, Edmund G. L. Wilkins, and Paul Richard Talbot

Lesson of the week: a new cause of treatable dementia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 8, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 315-316; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh081 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philip Rushton, Tim Battcock, Anne Denning, John Herbetko, Charles Hillier, and David Nicholas

Aspergillosis of the petrous apex
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 317-319; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh092 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

Tsung O. Cheng

Diastolic heart failure in China
Age Ageing 2004 33: 320-321; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh067 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phyo K. Myint

Is it ever enough to die of old age?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 320; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh074 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan De Lepeleire, Steve Iliffe, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Esme Moniz-Cook, and Bert Aertgeerts

Diagnosing dementia in primary care
Age Ageing 2004 33: 321; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh068 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard W. Bohannon

Re: Estimating total Barthel scores from just three items
Age Ageing 2004 33: 321-322; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Reza Kaldi

A study on physical, social and mental problems of the elderly in district 13 of Tehran
Age Ageing 2004 33: 322; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh097 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

Asangaedem Akpan

Bowel Care in Older People. Research and Practice
Age Ageing 2004 33: 323; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh079 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

David G. Smithard and David Spriggs

No gag, no food
Age Ageing 2004 33: 324; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh118 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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