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Editorials Back

Alan Walker
Why involve older people in research?
Age Ageing 2007 36: 481-483; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm100 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rowan H. Harwood
Evaluating the impact of the National Service Framework for Older People; qualitative science or populist propaganda?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 483-485; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm085 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Diogenes
News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2007 36: 486-487; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm103 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

Emanuele Cereda, Valeria Sansone, Giovanni Meola, and Alexis Elias Malavazos
Increased visceral adipose tissue rather than BMI as a risk factor for dementia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 488-491; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Back

N. Fudge, C. D. A. Wolfe, and C. McKevitt
Involving older people in health research
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 492-500; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

Jill Manthorpe, Roger Clough, Michelle Cornes, Les Bright, Jo Moriarty, Steve Iliffe, and OPRSI (Older People Researching Social Issues)
Four years on: The impact of the National Service Framework for Older People on the experiences, expectations and views of older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 501-507; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Burleigh, John McColl, and Jan Potter
Does vitamin D stop inpatients falling? A randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 507-513; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Landi, Andrea Russo, Matteo Cesari, Marco Pahor, Roberto Bernabei, and Graziano Onder
HDL-cholesterol and physical performance: results from the ageing and longevity study in the sirente geographic area (ilSIRENTE Study)
Age Ageing 2007 36: 514-520; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Vikki Humphreys, Richard M. Martin, Brian Ratcliffe, Susan Duthie, Sharon Wood, David Gunnell, and Andrew R. Collins
Age-related increases in DNA repair and antioxidant protection: A comparison of the Boyd Orr Cohort of elderly subjects with a younger population sample
Age Ageing 2007 36: 521-526; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Gregory, Fayaz Roked, Lisa Jones, and Abdul Patel
Is the degree of cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease related to their capacity to appoint an enduring power of attorney?
Age Ageing 2007 36: 527-531; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

I. Melzer, I. Kurz, D. Shahar, M. Levi, and Lie Oddsson
Application of the voluntary step execution test to identify elderly fallers
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 532-537; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolai B. Foss, Pia S. Jensen, and Henrik Kehlet
Risk factors for insufficient perioperative oral nutrition after hip fracture surgery within a multi-modal rehabilitation programme
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 28, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 538-543; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raymond See Kit Lo, Timothy Chi Yui Kwok, Joanna Oi Yue Cheng, Hui Yang, Hong Jiang Yuan, Rowan Harwood, and Jean Woo
Cross-cultural validation of the London Handicap Scale and comparison of handicap perception between Chinese and UK populations
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 30, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 544-548; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Leonore Köhler, Siegfried Weyerer, and Martina Schäufele
Proxy screening tools improve the recognition of dementia in old-age homes: results of a validation study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 549-554; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Juliet Rosie and Denise Taylor
Sit-to-stand as home exercise for mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age—GrandStand SystemTM may keep you standing?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 555-562; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. A. McDougall, F. E. Matthews, K. Kvaal, M. E. Dewey, and C. Brayne
Prevalence and symptomatology of depression in older people living in institutions in England and Wales
Age Ageing 2007 36: 562-568; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachael Gooberman-Hill and Shah Ebrahim
Making decisions about simple interventions: older people's use of walking aids
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 569-573; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Alison Avenell, Jonathan A. Cook, Graeme S. MacLennan, and Gladys C. MacPherson
Vitamin D supplementation to prevent infections: a sub-study of a randomised placebo-controlled trial in older people (RECORD trial, ISRCTN 51647438)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 15, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 574-577; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm091 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maarten Uyttenboogaart, Elisabeth M. C. Schrijvers, Patrick C. Vroomen, Jacques De Keyser, and Gert-Jan Luijckx
Routine thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischaemic stroke patients aged 80 years or older: a single centre experience
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 577-579; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm022 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Tiernan and John Starr
Sharing confidential information of cognitively intact older patients: what do patients think? An exploratory study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 27, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 580-582; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm020 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Juliet Manyemba, Gwenno M. Batty, Robert R. Grant, Derek Lowe, Jonathan M. Potter, Michael G. Pearson, and Stephen H. D. Jackson
Prescription of paracetamol-containing medications as indicator of quality of prescribing
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 22, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 582-584; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Rozzini, Tony Sabatini, Anette Ranhoff, and Marco Trabucchi
Do we really need palliative care for severe dementia patients?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 584-587; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm035 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hugh J. Freeman
Crohn's disease initially diagnosed after age 60 years
Age Ageing 2007 36: 587-589; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm106 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Young, Anne Forster, John Green, and Sue Bogle
Post-acute transfer of older people to intermediate care services: the sooner the better?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 589-592; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm057 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports Back

Barbara H. Rosario, Paul Hurlstone, Fred Lee, and Tom Downes
Colonic stenting: an alternative to surgery in the elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 10, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 593-595; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

K. C. See, H. A. Than, and T. Tang
Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 595-596; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminders Back

G. Campbell, U. Jayakumar, S. McCracken, and J. Bene
A cautionary tale: delayed onset rhabdomyolysis due to erythromycin/simvastatin interaction
Age Ageing 2007 36: 597; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm110 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ian R. Thompson, Abena Osei-Lah, and Ann Blackburn
Disequilibrium due to a vitamin B6 megadose supplement
Age Ageing 2007 36: 597; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm109 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Abhay K. Das, Michael Carpenter, and Peter Wanklyn
Stroke outcomes: depend on time, place and person
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 18, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 598; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel Dudley and Richard Fuller
Comment on the WASPO study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 598-599; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm082 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin Channer, Amar Rash, and Tom Downes
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 18, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 599; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm083 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manfred Gogol
Standards in dementia care
Age Ageing 2007 36: 599-600; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm101 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger M. Francis
Reply
Age Ageing 2007 36: 600; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm102 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

Willam R Primrose
Intermediate and Continuing Care Policy and Practice • Edited by Brenda Roe and Roger Beech
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 18, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 601; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm081 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katie Meadmore and Itiel E. Dror
The Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction. 4th Edition • By Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 1, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 601; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm097 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Oliver
Falls in Older People. 2nd Edition • By Steven Lord, Catherine Sherrington, Hylton Menz, Jacqueline Close
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 601-602; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm098 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website Review Back

Taj Hasan
Ageism
Age Ageing 2007 36: 603; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm099 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filler Back

Surabhi Wig
Try walking that extra mile to get that smile
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Age Ageing 2007 36: 604; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm055 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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