Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Additions to the Editorial Team
Age Ageing 2005 34: 541; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi207 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theresa J. Allain

Vitamin D and fracture prevention—treatment still indicated but clarification needed
Age Ageing 2005 34: 542-544; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi184 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Mark Clarfield

Reversible dementia—the implications of a fall in prevalence
Age Ageing 2005 34: 544-545; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi203 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shelagh O’Riordan

Chronic kidney disease and older people—implications of the publication of the Part 2 of the National Service Framework for Renal Services
Age Ageing 2005 34: 546-548; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi181 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hot Topic:

Robert Stewart, Peter Bartlett, and Rowan H. Harwood

Mental capacity assessments and discharge decisions
Age Ageing 2005 34: 549-550; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi185 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2005 34: 551-552; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi173 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For Debate...:

David H. Metz and Susan J. Labrooy

The future of geriatric medicine in an era of patient choice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 553-555; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi172 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

K. M. Culhane, M. O’Connor, D. Lyons, and G. M. Lyons

Accelerometers in rehabilitation medicine for older adults
Age Ageing 2005 34: 556-560; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Julia Zaccai, Cherie McCracken, and Carol Brayne

A systematic review of prevalence and incidence studies of dementia with Lewy bodies
Age Ageing 2005 34: 561-566; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Julie C. Whitney, Stephen R. Lord, and Jacqueline C. T. Close

Streamlining assessment and intervention in a falls clinic using the Timed Up and Go Test and Physiological Profile Assessments
Age Ageing 2005 34: 567-571; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Seyfettin Köklü, Erkan Parlak, Osman Yüksel, and Burhan Sahin

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the elderly: a prospective and comparative study
Age Ageing 2005 34: 572-577; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

John B. Young, Mike Robinson, Sue Chell, Diana Sanderson, Stephen Chaplin, Eileen Burns, and Jon Fear

A whole system study of intermediate care services for older people
Age Ageing 2005 34: 577-583; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fernando Otero-Raviña, Mónica Rodríguez-Martínez, Francisco Gude, José Ramón González-Juanatey, Francisco Valdés, and Domingo Sánchez-Guisande

Renal transplantation in the elderly: does patient age determine the results?
Age Ageing 2005 34: 583-587; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally K. Rosenvinge and Ian D. Starke

Improving care for patients with dysphagia
Age Ageing 2005 34: 587-593; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Melzer, Elizabeth Gardener, and Jack M. Guralnik

Mobility disability in the middle-aged: cross-sectional associations in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Age Ageing 2005 34: 594-602; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan White, B. L. Calver, Vicky Newsway, R. Wade, S. Patel, A. Bayer, and M. Sinead O’Mahony

Enzymes of drug metabolism during delirium
Age Ageing 2005 34: 603-608; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Rotte

Age-related differences in the areas of Broca and Wernicke using functional magnetic resonance imaging
Age Ageing 2005 34: 609-613; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lucy Yardley, Nina Beyer, Klaus Hauer, Gertrudis Kempen, Chantal Piot-Ziegler, and Chris Todd

Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)
Age Ageing 2005 34: 614-619; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Elena Paillaud, Stephane Herbaud, Philippe Caillet, Jean-Louis Lejonc, Bernard Campillo, and Phuong-Nhi Bories

Relations between undernutrition and nosocomial infections in elderly patients
Age Ageing 2005 34: 619-625; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lene Sorensen, Julie A. Stokes, David M. Purdie, Michael Woodward, and Michael S. Roberts

Medication management at home: medication-related risk factors associated with poor health outcomes
Age Ageing 2005 34: 626-632; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Ligia J. Dominguez, Antonio Galioto, Anna Ferlisi, Maria Adele Alessi, Mario Belvedere, Ernesto Putignano, Giuseppe Costanza, Maurizio Bevilacqua, and Mario Barbagallo

Intermittent intramuscular clodronate therapy: a valuable option for older osteoporotic women
Age Ageing 2005 34: 633-636; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi160 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dawn Skelton, Susie Dinan, Malcolm Campbell, and Olga Rutherford

Tailored group exercise (Falls Management Exercise — FaME) reduces falls in community-dwelling older frequent fallers (an RCT)
Age Ageing 2005 34: 636-639; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi174 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Annaliese Buckland and Martin J. Connolly

Age-related differences in smoking cessation advice and support given to patients hospitalised with smoking-related illness
Age Ageing 2005 34: 639-642; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi199 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolai B. Foss, Henrik Palm, and Henrik Kehlet

In-hospital hip fractures: prevalence, risk factors and outcome
Age Ageing 2005 34: 642-645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi198 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Rebecca Jane Bancroft and Paul Jermin

An unusual cause of chest pain
Age Ageing 2005 34: 646-647; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally A. Shiels, Syed I. Hasan, and Adam Darowski

Collapse in a 79-year-old: a rare case of amyloid tumour of the pelvis
Age Ageing 2005 34: 648-649; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gareth Walters, P. Ramesh, and Muhammed Ibrahim Memon

Buried Bumper Syndrome complicated by intra-abdominal sepsis
Age Ageing 2005 34: 650-651; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gethin L. Williams, Anthony E. Morgan, and John S. Harvey

Trench foot following a collapse: assessment of the feet is essential in the elderly
Age Ageing 2005 34: 651-652; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Divya Tiwari, Marianne Plater, Richard Partridge, and John Weston-Simons

Primary malignant melanoma of the nose: a rare cause of epistaxis in the elderly
Age Ageing 2005 34: 653-654; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Vernon Pickles

Musical abilities may outlast other faculties in advanced dementia
Age Ageing 2005 34: 655; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi175 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Linda J. E. Walker

Methods to correct placement of a nasogastric tube: beware of the pitfalls
Age Ageing 2005 34: 655; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi177 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesc Formiga, Jordi Mascaró, and Ramón Pujol

Inter-rater reliability of the Barthel Index
Age Ageing 2005 34: 655-656; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi209 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Duckett

Traumatic events and recall
Age Ageing 2005 34: 656; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi208 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rafael Schen

Response to: Hypodermoclysis—a victim of historical prejudice
Age Ageing 2005 34: 656-657; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi182 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Susan M. Benbow

Late-Life Depression
Age Ageing 2005 34: 658; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi169 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Oppenheimer

Talking Over the Years. A Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults
Age Ageing 2005 34: 658; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi170 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jackie Morris

Towards Quality Care: Outcomes for Older People in Care Homes
Age Ageing 2005 34: 658-659; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi171 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margot Gosney

Changing Worlds and the Ageing Subject: Dimensions in the Study of Ageing and Later Life
Age Ageing 2005 34: 659; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi193 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website Review:

Jolyon Meara

Website Review
Age Ageing 2005 34: 660; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi183 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brain storm:

Brian Wood

Brain storm
Age Ageing 2005 34: 661; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi176 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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