Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Deborah Sturdy

Electronic support for 21st century care
Age Ageing 2005 34: 421-422; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Len Gray and Finbarr C. Martin

Classifying older patients in hospital
Age Ageing 2005 34: 422-424; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi155 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frazer Anderson

Vitamin D for older people: how much, for whom and—above all—why?
Age Ageing 2005 34: 425-426; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hot Topic:

David A. Black

The geriatric day hospital
Age Ageing 2005 34: 427-429; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2005 34: 430-431; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi126 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentaries:

Kenneth Rockwood

What would make a definition of frailty successful?
Age Ageing 2005 34: 432-434; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi146 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pippa Medcalf

Good practice in the assessment and management of nocturnal Parkinson’s disease symptoms
Age Ageing 2005 34: 435-438; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Dong-Qing Xu, Jing-Xian Li, and Youlian Hong

Effect of regular Tai Chi and jogging exercise on neuromuscular reaction in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 439-444; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi114 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Åsa M. Brantervik, Ingrid E. Jacobsson, Agneta Grimby, Thomas C. E. Wallén, and Ingvar G. Bosaeus

Older hospitalised patients at risk of malnutrition: correlation with quality of life, aid from the social welfare system and length of stay?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 13, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 444-449; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adriaan M. Kamper, David J. Stott, Michael Hyland, Heather M. Murray, and Ian Ford for the PROSPER study group

Predictors of functional decline in elderly people with vascular risk factors or disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 11, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 450-455; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi137 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hugo Sax, Stephan Harbarth, Gaetan Gavazzi, Nicole Henry, Jacques Schrenzel, Peter Rohner, Jean Pierre Michel, and Didier Pittet

Prevalence and prediction of previously unknown MRSA carriage on admission to a geriatric hospital
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 11, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 456-462; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi135 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Sofaer, A. P. Moore, I. Holloway, J. M. Lamberty, T. A. S. Thorp, and J. O’ Dwyer

Chronic pain as perceived by older people: a qualitative study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 462-466; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi139 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Susan E. Campbell, D. Gwyn Seymour, William R. Primrose, Joanna E. Lynch, Edmund Dunstan, Mireia Espallargues, Giovanni Lamura, Peter Lawson, Ian Philp, Elizabeth Mestheneos, Barbara Politynska, and Ismo Raiha The Acmeplus Project Team

A multi-centre European study of factors affecting the discharge destination of older people admitted to hospital: analysis of in-hospital data from the ACMEplus project
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 467-475; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terrie Beth Ginsberg, Sherry C. Pomerantz, and Veronika Kramer-Feeley

Sexuality in older adults: behaviours and preferences
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 475-480; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi143 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesley Walker, Konrad Jamrozik, David Wingfield, and Guy Lawley

Increased use of emergency services by older people after health screening
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 480-485; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi152 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vasant Hirani and Paola Primatesta

Vitamin D concentrations among people aged 65 years and over living in private households and institutions in England: population survey
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 485-491; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi153 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abebaw M. Yohannes, Robert C. Baldwin, and Martin J. Connolly

Predictors of 1-year mortality in patients discharged from hospital following acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Age Ageing 2005 34: 491-496; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi163 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Frank Miskelly

Electronic tracking of patients with dementia and wandering using mobile phone technology
Age Ageing 2005 34: 497-499; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Owen John David

NHS Direct and older people
Age Ageing 2005 34: 499-501; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi115 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

K. S. M. Taylor, C. E. Counsell, J. C. Gordon, and C. E. Harris

Screening for undiagnosed parkinsonism among older people in general practice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 501-504; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi123 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lionel S Lim, Howard A. Fink, Michael A. Kuskowski, Jane A. Cauley, and Kristine E. Ensrud for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group

Diuretic use and bone mineral density in older USA men: the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study
Age Ageing 2005 34: 504-507; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Segal, C. Zinnman, B. Raz, A. Tamir, B. Gurevich, M. I. Siebzehner, and S. Ish-Shalom

Second hip fracture in elderly hip fracture patients: cost and effectiveness of fracture prevention treatment
Age Ageing 2005 34: 507-510; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi136 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Wing-Kin Syn, Urmila Tandon, and Mohammed Monzur Ahmed

Colonoscopy in the very elderly is safe and worthwhile
Age Ageing 2005 34: 510-513; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi158 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Fabrizio Cardin, Barbara Barbato, and Oreste Terranova

Outcomes of safe, simple colonoscopy in older adults
Age Ageing 2005 34: 513-515; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi154 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Tomoko Shinoda-Tagawa and Naoki Ikegami

Resident and facility characteristics associated with the site of death among Japanese nursing home residents
Age Ageing 2005 34: 515-518; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi162 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Amit Arora, Mona Arora, and Christine Roffe

Mystery of the missing denture: an unusual cause of respiratory arrest in a nonagenarian
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 19, 2005
Age Ageing 2005 34: 519-520; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi124 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nimit Goyal, Ranjeet Narlawar, and Anne Garrett

Kyphosis, a rare cause of dysphagia
Age Ageing 2005 34: 521-522; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi127 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy L. Soiza, Sharmistha Ghosh, J. Kenneth McAlpine, and Mark A. Vickers

Non-fatal haemophagocytic syndrome in an elderly patient
Age Ageing 2005 34: 522-524; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi130 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jatinder K. Juss, Ajish K. J. Radhamma, and Duncan R. Forsyth

Tolterodine-induced hyponatraemia
Age Ageing 2005 34: 524-525; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi131 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Chun Pong Wong, Patrick Ka Chun Chiu, and Leung Wing Chu

Zopiclone withdrawal: an unusual cause of delirium in the elderly
Age Ageing 2005 34: 526-527; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi132 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Ritchie, Adam Harper, Vladimir Malykh, and Jeremy Rowland

Amoebic liver abscess imitating metastatic caecal carcinoma
Age Ageing 2005 34: 527-528; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi142 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Occasional Paper:

M. J. Denham

Lord Amulree: an appreciation
Age Ageing 2005 34: 529-531; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi140 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Elizabeth Brierley, Sarah Partington, Sara Humphrey, Deborah Crossland, Claire Elener, John Howarth, and Maj Pushpanagan on behalf of the Bradford Falls Collaborative

Re: Prevention of falls—a time to translate evidence into practice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 532-533; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Bellelli, Salvatore Speciale, and Marco Trabucchi

Predictors of delirium during in-hospital rehabilitation in elderly patients after hip arthroplasty
Age Ageing 2005 34: 532; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi134 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. T. Close

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 533; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Linda Henry

Prevention of falls—a time to translate evidence into practice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 533-534; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi164 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bronagh Walsh and Helen Roberts

Older people’s use of Accident & Emergency services
Age Ageing 2005 34: 535-536; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi150 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline C. T. Close

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 535; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi165 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Downing and R. C. Wilson

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 536; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Crome

Liaison psychiatry for older people—an overlooked opportunity
Age Ageing 2005 34: 536; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi166 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Anderson and John Holmes

Reply
Age Ageing 2005 34: 536-537; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi167 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Stephen Curran

Cerebrovascular Disease, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. 2nd Edition
Age Ageing 2005 34: 538; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi110 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cameron Swift

Handbook of Pain Relief in Older Adults, an Evidence-Based Approach
Age Ageing 2005 34: 538-539; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska>

Vascular Dementia. Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and Clinical Management
Age Ageing 2005 34: 539; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website Review:

Jolyon Meara

Website review
Age Ageing 2005 34: 540; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi144 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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