Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Chris Turnbull

Vascular parkinsonism—an important update
Age Ageing 2005 34: 97-98; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi048 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. T. Close

Prevention of falls—a time to translate evidence into practice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 98-100; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi052 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Tattersall

Dialysis in the over-80s
Age Ageing 2005 34: 100-101; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi056 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2005 34: 102-103; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary:

Sijmen Duursma and Peter Overstall

Quality control and geriatric medicine in the European Union
Age Ageing 2005 34: 104-106; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

Freda Mold, Joanne M. Fitzpatrick, and Julia D. Roberts

Minority ethnic elders in care homes: a review of the literature
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 11, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 107-113; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Bhomraj Thanvi, Nelson Lo, and Tom Robinson

Vascular parkinsonism—an important cause of parkinsonism in older people
Age Ageing 2005 34: 114-119; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi025 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Maurits F. J. Vandewoude, Kathleen M. J. Paridaens, Raymonda A. L. Suy, Mireille A. A. Boone, and Heidi Strobbe

Fibre-supplemented tube feeding in the hospitalised elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 29, 2004
Age Ageing 2005 34: 120-124; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh242 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Haren, Ian Chapman, Penelope Coates, John Morley, and Gary Wittert

Effect of 12 month oral testosterone on testosterone deficiency symptoms in symptomatic elderly males with low–normal gonadal status
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 13, 2004
Age Ageing 2005 34: 125-130; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi003 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juanita Hoe, Cornelius Katona, Brigitte Roch, and Gill Livingston

Use of the QOL-AD for measuring quality of life in people with severe dementia—the LASER-AD study
Age Ageing 2005 34: 130-135; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi030 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Gerd Faxén-Irving, Hans Basun, and Tommy Cederholm

Nutritional and cognitive relationships and long-term mortality in patients with various dementia disorders
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 11, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 136-141; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi023 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Capodaglio, E. M. Capodaglio, A. Ferri, G. Scaglioni, A. Marchi, and F. Saibene

Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community-dwelling older women with a mixed-strength training programme
Age Ageing 2005 34: 141-147; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi050 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona Ronsberg, Chris Isles, Keith Simpson, and Gordon Prescott

Renal replacement therapy in the over-80s
Age Ageing 2005 34: 148-152; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi024 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Naji Tabet, Sheila Hudson, Vanessa Sweeney, Justin Sauer, Catherine Bryant, Alistair Macdonald, and Robert Howard

An educational intervention can prevent delirium on acute medical wards
Age Ageing 2005 34: 152-156; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi031 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saulius Vosylius, Jurate Sipylaite, and Juozas Ivaskevicius

Determinants of outcome in elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit
Age Ageing 2005 34: 157-162; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi037 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Davison, John Bond, Pamela Dawson, I. Nicholas Steen, and Rose Anne Kenny

Patients with recurrent falls attending Accident & Emergency benefit from multifactorial intervention—a randomised controlled trial
Age Ageing 2005 34: 162-168; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi053 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Susan H. Freter, Michael J. Dunbar, Heather MacLeod, Michelle Morrison, Chris MacKnight, and Kenneth Rockwood

Predicting post-operative delirium in elective orthopaedic patients: the Delirium Elderly At-Risk (DEAR) instrument
Age Ageing 2005 34: 169-171; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh245 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Juan J. Baztán, Estefanía Arias, Natalia González, and María Isabel Rodríguez de Prada

New-onset urinary incontinence and rehabilitation outcomes in frail older patients
Age Ageing 2005 34: 172-175; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi001 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

S. Boonen, D. Vanderschueren, K. Venken, P. Geusens, P. Haentjens, S. Mohan, D.J. Baylink, and R. Bouillon

Differences in exposure to stimulatory and inhibitory components of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in patients with femoral neck versus trochanteric fracture
Age Ageing 2005 34: 175-178; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi013 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jian Zhang, Robert E. McKeown, and Ihab Hajjar

Serum cholesterol levels are associated with impaired recall memory among older people
Age Ageing 2005 34: 178-182; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi027 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Luciano J. Vacanti, Carlos Eduardo Negrão, and Andrei C. Sposito

Hypercholesterolaemia is associated with an exaggerated elevation in blood ressure during exercise in very elderly subjects
Age Ageing 2005 34: 182-184; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi045 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Claire Dow, Kris Warren, Kula Ranjandayalan, and Mike Dymond

Rapidly growing mass on the tricuspid valve in an elderly woman: a diagnostic dilemma
Age Ageing 2005 34: 185-186; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi018 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Waqas Ullah and Rory McGovern

Natural history of an atrial myxoma
Age Ageing 2005 34: 186-188; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi010 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. McPherson and E. H. Forrest

Acute hepatitis C in a nursing home resident
Age Ageing 2005 34: 188-189; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi014 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sunil K. Munshi, Bhomraj Thanvi, Su Kiun Chin, Irene Hubbard, Alan Fletcher, and Tony R. Vallance

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis—case report and review of literature
Age Ageing 2005 34: 190-193; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi017 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Abhay Kumar Das

Low-molecular-weight heparin-associated fat necrosis of the breast
Age Ageing 2005 34: 193-194; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi032 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Renzo Rozzini and Marco Trabucchi

Geriatric wards in acute hospitals
Age Ageing 2005 34: 195-196; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi033 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elliot F. Epstein

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation in older people in the community—a need for screening?
Age Ageing 2005 34: 196; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. S. O’Mahony and S. F. Ho

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 196-197; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjay H. Shah

The Liverpool Care Pathway: its impact on improving the care of the dying
Age Ageing 2005 34: 197-198; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maureen Gambles, Barbara Jack, and John Ellershaw

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 198-199; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi041 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian P. Donald

Is Evercare too late?
Age Ageing 2005 34: 199; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi051 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Ian McKeith

A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management
Age Ageing 2005 34: 200; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh221 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Carpenter

Assessing Older Persons: Measures, Meaning and Practical Applications
Age Ageing 2005 34: 200-201; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh237 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabrielle Greveson

Providing Integrated Health and Social Care for Older Persons: A European Overview of Issues at Stake
Age Ageing 2005 34: 201; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh244 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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