Age and Ageing

Editorials:

David Black

Faecal incontinence
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 239-240; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Stewart

NICE guideline for Parkinson's disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 240-242; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm040 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janice E. O'connell and Christopher S. Gray

Why stroke patients don't like Mondays (or Saturdays or Sundays)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 242-244; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm041 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

Diogenes

News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2007 36: 245-246; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm044 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

A. G. Rudd, A. Hoffman, C. Down, M. Pearson, and D. Lowe

Access to stroke care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the effect of age, gender and weekend admission
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 247-255; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Iain Lang, Robert B. Wallace, Felicia A. Huppert, and David Melzer

Moderate alcohol consumption in older adults is associated with better cognition and well-being than abstinence
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 256-261; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Woo, Athena Hong, Edith Lau, and Henry Lynn

A randomised controlled trial of Tai Chi and resistance exercise on bone health, muscle strength and balance in community-living elderly people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 13, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 262-268; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Potter, Penny Peel, Sarah Mian, Derek Lowe, Penny Irwin, Michael Pearson, and Adrian Wagg

National audit of continence care for older people: management of faecal incontinence
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 13, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 268-273; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elena Paillaud, Edouard Ferrand, Jean-Louis Lejonc, Olivier Henry, Olivier Bouillanne, and Olivier Montagne

Medical information and surrogate designation: results of a prospective study in elderly hospitalised patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 28, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 274-279; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tammy Hoffmann, Kryss McKenna, Linda Worrall, and Stephen J. Read

Randomised trial of a computer-generated tailored written education package for patients following stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 280-286; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tracey Holsinger, Michael Helms, and Brenda Plassman

Intelligence in early adulthood and life span up to 65 years later in male elderly twins
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 286-291; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Lenaghan, Richard Holland, and Alison Brooks

Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care—the POLYMED randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 292-297; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Joël Belmin, Jean-Christian Auffray, Christine Berbezier, Pascal Boirin, Sophie Mercier, Béatrice de Reviers, and Jean-Louis Golmard

Level of dependency: a simple marker associated with mortality during the 2003 heatwave among French dependent elderly people living in the community or in institutions
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 24, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 298-303; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

G. A. R. Zijlstra, J. C. M. van Haastregt, J. Th. M. van Eijk, E. van Rossum, P. A. Stalenhoef, and G. I. J. M. Kempen

Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 304-309; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann Bowling, Sharon Seetai, Richard Morris, and Shah Ebrahim

Quality of life among older people with poor functioning. The influence of perceived control over life
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 310-315; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

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

Clinical determinants of long-term quality of life after stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 316-322; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Latana Munang, John M. Starr, Lawrence Whalley, and Ian J. Deary

Renal function and cognition in the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey Lothian cohort
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 323-325; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl178 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Larner

DemTect: 1-year experience of a neuropsychological screening test for dementia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 12, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 326-327; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl183 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carl Suetens, Luc Niclaes, Bea Jans, Jan Verhaegen, Annette Schuermans, Johan Van Eldere, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, and Frank Buntinx

Determinants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in nursing homes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 327-330; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm013 [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Darren M. Malone and James Lindesay

Cholinesterase inhibitors and cardiovascular disease: a survey of old age psychiatrists' practice
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 9, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 331-333; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm002 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

We Teck NG, Robert Caslake, and Carl E Counsell

Non-completion of changes to prescribed medications in people with Parkinson's disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 333-336; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl175 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Jacobs and David Challis

Assessing the impact of care management in the community: associations between key organisational components and service outcomes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 336-339; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm028 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elise N. Rowan, Heather O. Dickinson, Sally Stephens, Clive Ballard, Raj Kalaria, and Rose Anne Kenny

Homocysteine and post-stroke cognitive decline
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 15, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 339-343; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm006 [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Stefan Beyenburg, Claude Back, Nico Diederich, Mark Lewis, and Markus Reuber

Is valproate encephalopathy under-recognised in older people? A case series
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 344-346; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Ihab G. Diab and Mark J. Earley

Ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in a 96 year old
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 346-348; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Henry Woodford and James George

NICE guidelines on urinary incontinence in women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 349-350; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George I. Varughese, Abd A. Tahrani, and John H. B. Scarpello

Impaired glucose tolerance and the risk of ischaemic stroke: another focus
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 24, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 350-351; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm038 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bjarne Jansson

Research on the prevention of fall injuries still makes prediction for practice difficult
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 351-352; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm027 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. J. Easton

A cardiovascular benefit of ophthalmic beta-blockade
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 351; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm039 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine McAdam, Shilpa Raje, and Adrian Wagg

Diagnosis of UTI amongst elderly patients in hospital (Age and Ageing 2006; 35(Supp 1): i24)
Age Ageing 2007 36: 352-353; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm024 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply:

Margot Gosney

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 353; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm025 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Alistair Gault and Stephen Pugh

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Aging: Research and Clinical Perspectives • Edited by Douglas Kimmel, Tara Rose, Steven David • Columbia University Press, 2006, ISBN: 0-231-13618-8. $45.
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 19, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 354; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm009 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marion E. T. McMurdo

The Futures of Old Age • Edited by John A. Vincent, Chris R. Phillipson, Murna Downes • Sage, 2006. ISBN: 1-41129-0108. £19.99
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 7, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 354-355; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm010 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filler:

Jason Raw and Michael A. Horan

Hoof beats
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 356; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm018 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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