Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Rowan H. Harwood

Do we still need care homes?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 529-530; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh191 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel Howard and Tony Avery

Inappropriate prescribing in older people
Age Ageing 2004 33: 530-532; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh217 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Oliver and Tahir Masud

Preventing falls and injuries in care homes
Age Ageing 2004 33: 532-535; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2004 33: 536-537; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

S.Joanna Cowell, David E. Newby, Nicholas A. Boon, and Andrew T. Elder

Calcific aortic stenosis: same old story?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 12, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 538-544; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh175 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Victoria Morgan

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea—balancing the risks and potential benefits of warfarin for older people with atrial fibrillation
Age Ageing 2004 33: 544-547; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Stephen E. Borst

Interventions for sarcopenia and muscle weakness in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 548-555; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh201 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Meena Seshamani and Alastair Gray

Time to death and health expenditure: an improved model for the impact of demographic change on health care costs
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 12, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 556-561; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh187 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clive Bowman, Joanne Whistler, and Mark Ellerby

A national census of care home residents
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 12, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 561-566; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh177 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olli Säynäjäkangas, Tuija Kinnunen, Tuili Tuuponen, and Timo Keistinen

Length of stay and interval to readmission in emergency hospital treatment of COPD
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 567-570; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh188 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Lansley, Claudine McCreadie, and Anthea Tinker

Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 571-576; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh190 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. Griffith, Margaret Brosnan, Kathleen Lacey, Sally Keeling, and Tim J. Wilkinson

Family meetings—a qualitative exploration of improving care planning with older people and their families
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 20, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 577-581; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh198 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter D. O'Halloran, Gordon W. Cran, Timothy R. O. Beringer, George Kernohan, Ciaran O'Neill, Jean Orr, Louise Dunlop, and Liam J. Murray

A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a policy of making hip protectors available to residents of nursing homes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 20, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 582-588; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh200 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jugdeep K. Dhesi, Stephen H. D. Jackson, Lindsay M. Bearne, Caje Moniz, Michael V. Hurley, Cameron G. Swift, and Theresa J. Allain

Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall
Age Ageing 2004 33: 589-595; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh209 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher A. E. Dyer, Gordon J. Taylor, Mary Reed, Catherine A. Dyer, Dorothy R. Robertson, and Rachel Harrington

Falls prevention in residential care homes: a randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 20, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 596-602; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh204 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Melzer, N. Benjuya, and J. Kaplanski

Postural stability in the elderly: a comparison between fallers and non-fallers
Age Ageing 2004 33: 602-607; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh218 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Fuller, Nigel Dudley, and Jon Blacktop

Avoidance hierarchies and preferences for anticoagulation—semi-qualitative analysis of older patients' views about stroke prevention and the use of warfarin
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 608-611; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh202 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Crotty, Julie Halbert, Debra Rowett, Lynne Giles, Robert Birks, Helena Williams, and Craig Whitehead

An outreach geriatric medication advisory service in residential aged care: a randomised controlled trial of case conferencing
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 612-617; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh213 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Bhalla, R. Grieve, K. Tilling, A. G. Rudd, and C. D. A. Wolfe

Older stroke patients in Europe: stroke care and determinants of outcome
Age Ageing 2004 33: 618-624; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh219 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

C. Jack, Lynne Jones, Barbara A. Jack, Maureen Gambles, Deborah Murphy, and John E. Ellershaw

Towards a good death: the impact of the care of the dying pathway in an acute stroke unit
Age Ageing 2004 33: 625-626; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh194 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lauren Burton, Michael Norton, and Julia L. Newton

Are some antihypertensives more prone to induce hypotensive side effects than others?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 626-628; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh196 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joe Verghese, Mindy J. Katz, Carol A. Derby, Gail Kuslansky, Charles B. Hall, and Richard B. Lipton

Reliability and validity of a telephone-based mobility assessment questionnaire
Age Ageing 2004 33: 628-632; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh210 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Tommi Sulander, Ossi Rahkonen, Satu Helakorpi, Aulikki Nissinen, and Antti Uutela

Eighteen-year trends in obesity among the elderly
Age Ageing 2004 33: 632-635; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh212 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Matt Thomas and Kathy Moore

Falling asleep
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 12, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 636-637; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh180 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nancy Agmon-Levin, Inna Berger, Mordechai Shtalrid, Hagit Schlanger, and Zev M. Sthoeger

Primary hepatic lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 20, 2004
Age Ageing 2004 33: 637-640; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh197 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jason Raw and Simon Stacey

Are the days of bedrails coming to an end?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 641; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh192 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Enrique Antón and Juan Marti

Enoxaparin-associated spontaneous thigh haematoma
Age Ageing 2004 33: 641-642; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh199 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Jeremy Playfer

Queen Square Neurological Rehabilitation Series. Neurological Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease Dianne Playford London and New York: Martin Dunitz, 2003. 160 pp, ISBN 1-84184-297-3. £26.50
Age Ageing 2004 33: 643; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh158 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Jolley

Caring for Someone with Depression Toni Battison London: Age Concern Books, 2004. 230 pp, ISBN 0-86242-389-9. £6.99
Age Ageing 2004 33: 643; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Bruce

Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging Edited by C. Watkins Bales and C. Seel Richie Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press, 2004. 500 pp, ISBN 1-59259-391-7. $145.00
Age Ageing 2004 33: 643; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh160 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clive Bowman

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-term Care Facilities Edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Joseph G. Ouslander New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002. 493 pp, ISBN 0-8247-0784-2. $145.00
Age Ageing 2004 33: 644; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh166 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalman Kafetz

Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient Edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000. 520 pp, ISBN 0-8247-0345-6. $135.00
Age Ageing 2004 33: 644; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh168 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Young

Intermediate Care of Older People Edited by Sian Wade Whurr Publishing, 2004. 334 pp, ISBN 1-86156-356-6. £24.50
Age Ageing 2004 33: 644-645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh169 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yong-Lock Ong

Age, Narrative and Migration, The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London Katy Gardner Oxford: Berg, 2002. 254 pp, ISBN 1-85973-313-1. £47.00
Age Ageing 2004 33: 645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh167 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan J. Sinclair

Endocrine Facets of Ageing Novartis Foundation Symposium Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 298 pp, ISBN 0-471-48636-1. £80.00
Age Ageing 2004 33: 645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh195 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website Review:

Jolyon Meara

Ageism and age discrimination
Age Ageing 2004 33: 646-647; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

A. N. G. Clark

A patient who changed my practice—a deceiving patient
Age Ageing 2004 33: 648; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel P. Edgcumbe

How I Learned To Care About Geriatrics
Age Ageing 2004 33: 648; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh193 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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