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Editor's view Back

R. M. Francis
Editor's view
Age Ageing 2008 37: 611; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn225 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials Back

Simon Conroy
Emergency room geriatric assessment—urgent, important or both?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 612-613; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn215 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Young and Anne Forster
The geriatric day hospital: past, present and future
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 613-615; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn206 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Diogenes
News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 616-617; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn202 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

Ian P. Donald, John Gladman, Simon Conroy, Martin Vernon, Elizabeth Kendrick, and Eileen Burns
Care home medicine in the UK—in from the cold
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 618-620; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review Back

David Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Lora Giangregorio, Lehana Thabane, Katerina Reizgys, and Gary Foster
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 621-627; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

Maria Crotty, Lynne C. Giles, Julie Halbert, Julie Harding, and Michelle Miller
Home versus day rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 23, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 628-633; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Melissa A. Russell, Keith D. Hill, Irene Blackberry, Lesley M. Day, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 634-639; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Franco Giubilei, Emanuela Medda, Corrado Fagnani, Valentina Bianchi, Antonella De Carolis, Marco Salvetti, Micaela Sepe-Monti, and Maria A. Stazi
Heritability of neurocognitive functioning in the elderly: evidence from an Italian twin study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 17, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 640-646; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Giuliano Piccoliori, Elena Gerolimon, and Heinz-Harald Abholz
Geriatric assessment in general practice using a screening instrument: is it worth the effort? Results of a South Tyrol Study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 14, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 647-652; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sasha Dhoat, Khalid Ali, Christopher J. Bulpitt, and Chakravarthi Rajkumar
Vascular compliance is reduced in vascular dementia and not in Alzheimer's disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 653-659; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Tess J. Harris, Iain M. Carey, Christina R. Victor, Rika Adams, and Derek G. Cook
Optimising recruitment into a study of physical activity in older people: a randomised controlled trial of different approaches
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 20, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 659-665; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nancy A. Pachana, Nadine Smith, Melanie Watson, Deirdre McLaughlin, and Annette Dobson
Responsiveness of the Duke Social Support sub-scales in older women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 666-672; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Gallagher and Denis O’Mahony
STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions): application to acutely ill elderly patients and comparison with Beers’ criteria
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 673-679; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jan T. Groothuis, Dick H. J. Thijssen, Miriam Kooijman, Rebecca Paulus, and Maria T. E. Hopman
Attenuated peripheral vasoconstriction during an orthostatic challenge in older men
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 680-684; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J. Llewellyn, Iain A. Lang, Kenneth M. Langa, and Felicia A. Huppert
Cognitive function and psychological well-being: findings from a population-based cohort
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 685-689; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Cullum, Chris Metcalfe, Chris Todd, and Carol Brayne
Does depression predict adverse outcomes for older medical inpatients? A prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial
Age Ageing 2008 37: 690-695; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters Back

Vincent J. J. Ngian, Bin S. Ong, Fintan O'Rourke, Huong V. Nguyen, and Daniel K. Y. Chan
Review of a rapid geriatric medical assessment model based in emergency department
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 696-699; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn160 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Danijela Gnjidic, Bridin P. Murnion, and Sarah N. Hilmer
Age and opioid analgesia in an acute hospital population
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 699-702; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn152 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Joan Webster, Mary Courtney, Peter O'Rourke, Nicole Marsh, Catherine Gale, Belynda Abbott, Prue McRae, and Kate Mason
Should elderly patients be screened for their ‘falls risk’? Validity of the STRATIFY falls screening tool and predictors of falls in a large acute hospital
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 702-706; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn153 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cliodna McNulty, Jo Bowen, Rebecca Howell-Jones, Mark Walker, and Elaine Freeman
Exploring reasons for variation in urinary catheterisation prevalence in care homes: a qualitative study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 14, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 706-710; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn140 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ariel Rokach, Zvi G. Fridlender, Nissim Arish, and Neville Berkman
Bronchoscopy in octogenarians
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 11, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 710-713; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn127 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Siobhán Erin McCormick, Kathleen Mary Stafford, Ghulam Saqib, Dannielle Ni Chronin, and Dermot Power
The efficacy of pre-thickened fluids on total fluid and nutrient consumption among extended care residents requiring thickened fluids due to risk of aspiration
Age Ageing 2008 37: 714-715; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn204 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Antonio Gullón Blanco, Isabel Suárez Toste, Ramón Fernández Alvarez, Gemma Rubinos Cuadrado, Agustín Medina Gonzalvez, and Isidro Jesús González Martín
Age, comorbidity, treatment decision and prognosis in lung cancer
Age Ageing 2008 37: 715-718; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn226 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report Back

Adam Harper, Mark Bayliss, Romi Saha, Amanda Scutt, and Angus Nisbet
Late onset dopa-responsive dystonia with tremor, gait freezing and behavioural disturbance and a normal dopamine transporter scan
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 15, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 719-720; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminder Back

Sangeeta Deshmukh, Khaled Amar, and Steven C. Allen
Pisa syndrome in an elderly elite mountain walker: an exceptional mode of presentation of extrapyramidal disease
Age Ageing 2008 37: 721; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn200 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Giuseppe Lippi, Giovanni Targher, Gian Luca Salvagno, Martina Montagnana, and Gian Cesare Guidi
Detecting of chronic kidney disease in older people by the MDRD and MCQ formulas
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 722; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn201 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James George and Henry Woodford
Trends in hospital inpatient episodes for signs, symptoms and ill-defined conditions
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 723; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn208 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bronagh Walsh, Helen C. Roberts, Peter G. Nicholls, and A. Lattimer Valerie
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 8, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 723-724; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn209 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel Dudley
Stroke in the very old: clinical presentations and outcomes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 7, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 724; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn210 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Weerasak Muangpaisan and Janice L. Hinkle
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 724-725; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn211 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

Tony Rudd
The Stroke Book
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 726; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn199 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Philp
Measurement Scales used in Elderly Care
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 726; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn198 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalman Kafetz
Biblical Perspectives on Aging: God and the Elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 726; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn212 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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