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R. M. Francis
Editor's view
Age Ageing 2009 38: 1; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn283 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials Back

Fraser Birrell and David Felson
The age of osteoarthritis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 2, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 2-3; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn272 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonio Di Carlo
Human and economic burden of stroke
Age Ageing 2009 38: 4-5; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn282 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Diogenes
News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2009 38: 6-7; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn271 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

Caryl M. Beynon
Drug use and ageing: older people do take drugs!
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 8-10; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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James Frith, David Jones, and Julia L. Newton
Chronic liver disease in an ageing population
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 11-18; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review Back

Martin G. Cole, Antonio Ciampi, Eric Belzile, and Lihong Zhong
Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 18, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 19-26; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

Ömer Saka, Alistair McGuire, and Charles Wolfe
Cost of stroke in the United Kingdom
Age Ageing 2009 38: 27-32; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Claire L. Spice, Wendy Morotti, Steve George, Thomas H. S. Dent, Jim Rose, Scott Harris, and Christopher J. Gordon
The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 33-40; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Melissa A. Russell, Keith D. Hill, Lesley M. Day, Irene Blackberry, Lyle C. Gurrin, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
Development of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) screening tool
Age Ageing 2009 38: 40-46; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Inge Petersen, Bernard Jeune, and Kaare Christensen
Lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 18, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 47-51; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann Bowling and Emily Grundy
Differentials in mortality up to 20 years after baseline interview among older people in East London and Essex
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 30, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 51-55; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel Dankner, Galit Geulayov, Liraz Olmer, and Giora Kaplan
Undetected type 2 diabetes in older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 56-62; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn218 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Frances Horgan, Fiona Crehan, Emma Bartlett, Fiona Keogan, Anne Marie O’Grady, Allan R. Moore, Ciaran F. Donegan, and Martina Curran
The effects of usual footwear on balance amongst elderly women attending a day hospital
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 62-67; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn219 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Horne, Shaun Speed, Dawn Skelton, and Chris Todd
What do community-dwelling Caucasian and South Asian 60–70 year olds think about exercise for fall prevention?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 68-73; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn237 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Anne M. Moseley, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R. Lord, Elizabeth Barraclough, Rebecca J. St George, and Ian D. Cameron
Mobility training after hip fracture: a randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 18, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 74-80; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Rebekah Schiff, Rory Shaw, Nadia Raja, Chakravarthi Rajkumar, and Christopher J. Bulpitt
Advance end-of-life healthcare planning in an acute NHS hospital setting; development and evaluation of the Expression of Healthcare Preferences (EHP) document
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 81-85; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Carey E. Gleason, Cynthia M. Carlsson, Jodi H. Barnet, Sarah A. Meade, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Craig S. Atwood, Sterling C. Johnson, Michele L. Ries, and Sanjay Asthana
A preliminary study of the safety, feasibility and cognitive efficacy of soy isoflavone supplements in older men and women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 2, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 86-93; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn227 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, and Anne F. Young
A longitudinal analysis of older Australian women's consultations with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, 1996–2005
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 18, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 93-99; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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André M. Toschke, Peter U. Heuschmann, Oliver Wood, and Charles D. A. Wolfe
Temporal relationship between influenza infections and subsequent first-ever stroke incidence
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 100-103; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn232 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yi-Yen Karen Kee and Catherine Rippingale
The prevalence and characteristic of patients with ‘acopia’
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 103-105; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn238 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reshma A. Merchant, Bintao Li, Keng-Bee Yap, and Tze-Pin Ng
Use of drugs with anticholinegic effects and cognitive impairment in community-living older persons
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 105-108; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn240 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael D. Denkinger, Wilmar Igl, Laura Coll-Planas, Thorsten Nikolaus, Stefanie Bailer, Anne Bader, and Michael Jamour
Practicality, validity and sensitivity to change of fear of falling self-report in hospitalised elderly—a comparison of four instruments
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 108-112; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn233 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deepa Sumukadas, Fiona Jenkinson, and Miles D. Witham
Associations and consequences of hypophosphataemia in older hospitalised women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 112-115; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn244 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth E. Hubbard, M. Sinead O’Mahony, and Ken W. Woodhouse
Characterising frailty in the clinical setting—a comparison of different approaches
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 115-119; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn252 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Itshak Melzer, Nissim Benjuya, Jacob Kaplanski, and Neil Alexander
Association between ankle muscle strength and limit of stability in older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 119-123; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn249 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhiko Kotani, Seiji Adachi, Kokoro Tsuzaki, and Naoki Sakane
Relationship between serum preheparin lipoprotein lipase mass, plasma glucose and metabolic syndrome in older subjects
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 123-126; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn234 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Phil Jones and Debbie Stone
A fractured approach to care home residents
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 127; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn222 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shiva Dindyal, Neel Bhuva, Prakash Kumaraswamy, and Hiro Khoshnaw
Falls in the elderly—the need for more access to chiropody
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 127-128; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn243 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paula J. Nenn
Jed Rowe—We lost one of our own
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 128-129; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn254 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shaun O’Keeffe
The effect of bedrails on falls and injury
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 129; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn246 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frances Healey and David Oliver
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 129-130; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn247 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Shuli Reich
Handbook of emotional disorders in later life: assessment and treatment
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 31, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 131; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn221 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthea Tinker
Abuse of Older Men
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 131; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn213 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joaquim Cerejeira and Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska
Psychosis in the elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 3, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 131-132; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn223 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Website review Back

Taj Hasan
Website review
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 133; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn245 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata Back

Siobhán Erin McCormick, Kathleen Mary Stafford, Ghulam Saqib, Danielle Ni Chroinin, 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 2009 38: 134; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn273 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kara N. Stevens, Iain A. Lang, Jack M. Guralnik, and David Melzer
Epidemiology of balance and dizziness in a national population: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Age Ageing 2009 38: 134; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn274 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Jane Magri, Peter Ferry, Mark Anthony Vassallo, and Antoine Vella
A pagetic elderly lady with back pain
Age Ageing 2009 38: 135; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn275 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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