Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Dorothy Robertson

Maintaining the art of conversation in Parkinson’s disease
Age Ageing 2006 35: 211; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj088 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Morrissey, C. Bowman, and I. Carpenter

Assessment of patients in long-term care should be used to improve quality as well as allocate funds
Age Ageing 2006 35: 212-214; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj086 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ray Sheridan and Neil Baldwin

Impact of ASCOT on hypertension treatment and guidelines in older adults
Age Ageing 2006 35: 214-217; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj085 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 218-219; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj064 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

V. Dhawan, D. G. Healy, S. Pal, and K. Ray Chaudhuri

Sleep-related problems of Parkinson’s disease
Age Ageing 2006 35: 220-228; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Clermont E. Dionne, Kate M. Dunn, and Peter R. Croft

Does back pain prevalence really decrease with increasing age? A systematic review
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 229-234; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Nick Miller, Emma Noble, Diana Jones, and David Burn

Life with communication changes in Parkinson’s disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 235-239; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Perneczky, Corina Pohl, Christian Sorg, Julia Hartmann, Katja Komossa, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Stefan Wagenpfeil, and Alexander Kurz

Complex activities of daily living in mild cognitive impairment: conceptual and diagnostic issues
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 2, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 240-245; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenny SW Lee, Timothy Kwok, PC Leung, and Jean Woo

Medical illnesses are more important than medications as risk factors of falls in older community dwellers? A cross-sectional study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 246-251; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Yi-Onn Leong, Mei Sian Chong, and Stephen J Gibson

The use of a self-reported pain measure, a nurse-reported pain measure and the PAINAD in nursing home residents with moderate and severe dementia: a validation study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 252-256; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hugo Lövheim, Per-Olof Sandman, Kristina Kallin, Stig Karlsson, and Yngve Gustafson

Poor staff awareness of analgesic treatment jeopardises adequate pain control in the care of older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 257-261; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachael Gooberman-Hill and Shah Ebrahim

Informal care at times of change in health and mobility: a qualitative study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 261-266; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunn E. Grande, Morag C. Farquhar, Stephen I. G. Barclay, and Chris J. Todd

The influence of patient and carer age in access to palliative care services
Age Ageing 2006 35: 267-273; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. D. Patel, K. Tilling, E. Lawrence, A. G. Rudd, C. D. A. Wolfe, and C. McKevitt

Relationships between long-term stroke disability, handicap and health-related quality of life
Age Ageing 2006 35: 273-279; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Eng Wei Tang, Cheuk-Kit Wong, Norma J. Restieaux, Peter Herbison, Micheal J. A. Williams, Patrick Kay, and Gerard T. Wilkins

Clinical outcome of older patients with acute coronary syndrome over the last three decades
Age Ageing 2006 35: 280-285; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phyo K. Myint, Ajay V. Kamath, Sarah L. Vowler, David N. Maisey, and Brian D. W. Harrison

Severity assessment criteria recommended by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and older patients. Should SOAR (systolic blood pressure, oxygenation, age and respiratory rate) criteria be used in older people? A compilation study of two prospective cohorts
Age Ageing 2006 35: 286-291; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alberto F. Vallejo, Edward T. Schroeder, Ling Zheng, Nicole E. Jensky, and Fred R. Sattler

Cardiopulmonary responses to eccentric and concentric resistance exercise in older adults
Age Ageing 2006 35: 291-297; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark G. Carpenter, Allan L. Adkin, Lawrence R. Brawley, and James S. Frank

Postural, physiological and psychological reactions to challenging balance: does age make a difference?
Age Ageing 2006 35: 298-303; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Stephen C. Allen and Pan Yeung

Inability to draw intersecting pentagons as a predictor of unsatisfactory spirometry technique in elderly hospital inpatients
Age Ageing 2006 35: 304-306; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Birns, Maria Vilasuso, and David L Cohen

One-stop clinics are more effective than neurology clinics for TIA
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 23, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 306-308; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj057 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria E. Soto, Sandrine Andrieu, Sophie Gillette-Guyonnet, Christelle Cantet, Fati Nourhashemi, and Bruno Vellas

Risk factors for functional decline and institutionalisation among community-dwelling older adults with mild to severe Alzheimer’s disease: one year of follow-up
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 13, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 308-310; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj059 [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

R. Schwendimann, S. De Geest, and K. Milisen

Evaluation of the Morse Fall Scale in hospitalised patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 9, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 311-313; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj066 [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Madhavi Vindlacheruvu and Tony Luxton

NHS continuing care: reliable decisions?
Age Ageing 2006 35: 313-316; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj073 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Muhammad Fuad Hameed, Graeme E. Hoyle, and Zoe Muir

A mysterious case of normalising blood sugar: insulinoma in a long-standing diabetic patient
Age Ageing 2006 35: 317-318; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminders:

Hasan Haboubi, Dylan Harris, and Nadim Haboubi

Cholestatic jaundice following carbimazole therapy in an elderly thyrotoxic patient
Age Ageing 2006 35: 319; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Winney Chu, Martin Zeidler, and Ian R. Whittle

Ventriculomegaly or symptomatic hydrocephalus? Beware of atypical neurological syndromes
Age Ageing 2006 35: 319; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj070 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Richard W. Bohannon

Grip strength predicts outcome
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 2, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 320; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj061 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Avan Aihie Sayer, Roger Briggs, Gillian Turner, Cyrus Cooper, Holly Syddall, and Alastair Kerr

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 13, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 320; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj062 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalman Kafetz

The future of geriatric medicine
Age Ageing 2006 35: 320-321; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gregory Baptista, Ernestine Ferreira, Amandine Forestier, and Franck Raschilas

Re: Predictors of 1-year mortality in patients discharged from the hospital following acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Age Ageing 2006 35: 321; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
Age Ageing 2006 35: 321-322; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj076 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vui Heng Chong, Heng Boon Yim, and Chee Chian Lim

ERCP in the elderly: more than just the age factor
Age Ageing 2006 35: 322-323; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj077 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
Age Ageing 2006 35: 323; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj078 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Lalit Kalra

Stroke Care: A Practical Manual • Rowan Harwood, Farhad Huwez and Dawn Good • Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0–19–852973–2. £19.95 • Recovery After Stroke • Edited by M. Barnes, B. Dokins and J. Bogousslavsky • New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0–521–82236–X. $170
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 16, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 324; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj036 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy Jones

Trial Designs and Outcomes in Dementia Therapeutic Research • Edited by K. Rockwood and S. Gauthier • Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 1-84184-321-0
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 9, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 324-325; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj069 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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