Age and Ageing

Editor's view

R. M. Francis

Editor's view
Age Ageing 2009 38: 357; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp092 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

Balamurugan Tangiisuran, Juliet Wright, Tischa Van der Cammen, and Chakravarthi Rajkumar

Adverse drug reactions in elderly: challenges in identification and improving preventative strategies
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 358-359; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp050 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger H. Jay

Hip fracture and heart attack—a lethal combination
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 20, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 360-361; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp071 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews

Diogenes

News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 362-363; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp064 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary

Get checked abstract Ian P. Donald

Housing and health care for older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 9, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 364-367; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract Dean Noimark

Predicting the onset of delirium in the post-operative patient
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 368-373; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Naji Tabet and Robert Howard

Non-pharmacological interventions in the prevention of delirium
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 374-379; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers

Get checked abstract Ruth E. Hubbard, Melissa K. Andrew, and Kenneth Rockwood

Effect of parental age at birth on the accumulation of deficits, frailty and survival in older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 380-385; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John McManus, Rohan Pathansali, Hardi Hassan, Emma Ouldred, Derek Cooper, Robert Stewart, Alastair Macdonald, and Stephen Jackson

The course of delirium in acute stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 385-389; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Boyd, Franklin Watkins, Sonal Singh, Edward Haponik, Arjun Chatterjee, John Conforti, and Robert Chin, Jr

Prevalence of flexible bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies in the advanced elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 28, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 396-400; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Voznesensky, S. Walsh, D. Dauser, J. Brindisi, and A. M. Kenny

The association between dehydroepiandosterone and frailty in older men and women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 401-406; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin W. Doak, Andrew C. Nixon, David J. Lupton, and W. Stephen Waring

Self-poisoning in older adults: patterns of drug ingestion and clinical outcomes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 407-411; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sue Hall, Susan Longhurst, and Irene Higginson

Living and dying with dignity: a qualitative study of the views of older people in nursing homes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 411-416; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriele Meyer, Sascha Köpke, Burkhard Haastert, and Ingrid Mühlhauser

Comparison of a fall risk assessment tool with nurses’ judgement alone: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 417-423; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rebecca Boyd and Judy A. Stevens

Falls and fear of falling: burden, beliefs and behaviours
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 423-428; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jian Sheng Chen, Philip N. Sambrook, Judy M. Simpson, Ian D. Cameron, Robert G. Cumming, Markus J. Seibel, Stephen R. Lord, and Lyn M. March

Risk factors for hip fracture among institutionalised older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 429-434; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miriam F. Reelick, Marianne B. van Iersel, Roy P. C. Kessels, and Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

The influence of fear of falling on gait and balance in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 18, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 435-440; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adriana Chubaty, Cheryl A. Sadowski, and Anita G. Carrie

Typeface legibility of patient information leaflets intended for community-dwelling seniors
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 30, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 441-447; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract An C. G. Bogaerts, Christophe Delecluse, Albrecht L. Claessens, Thierry Troosters, Steven Boonen, and Sabine M. P. Verschueren

Effects of whole body vibration training on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength in older individuals (a 1-year randomised controlled trial)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 13, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 448-454; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Celeste A. de Jager, Anne-Claire M. C. Schrijnemaekers, Thurza E. M. Honey, and Marc M. Budge

Detection of MCI in the clinic: evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of a computerised test battery, the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test and the MMSE
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 455-460; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sheelah Connolly and Dermot O’Reilly

Variation in care home admission across areas of Northern Ireland
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 461-465; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters

Francesco Fantin, C. J. Bulpitt, S. Bonapace, J. D. Cameron, and C. Rajkumar

Is vascular stiffness associated with the diameter of the abdominal aorta?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 466-469; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp021 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Behan, G. Dixon, P. Haworth, L. Blows, D. Hildick-Smith, S. Holmberg, and A. deBelder

PCI in octogenarians—our centre ‘real world’ experience
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 469-473; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp055 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvain Ausset, Vincent Minville, Constance Marquis, Olivier Fourcade, Nadia Rosencher, Dan Benhamou, and Yves Auroy

Postoperative myocardial damages after hip fracture repair are frequent and associated with a poor cardiac outcome: a three-hospital study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 473-476; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Larner

‘Attended alone’ sign: validity and reliability for the exclusion of dementia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 476-478; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazutoshi Nakamura, Shunsuke Takahashi, Mari Oyama, Mitsue Nashimoto, Toshiko Saito, Yasuo Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Yoshizawa, and Masaharu Yamamoto

Incidence and risk factors associated with hip fracture in institutionalised elderly people in Japan
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 478-482; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp052 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports

Get checked abstract Sameer Limaye and Jonathan Cooper

The right scan at the right time: reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome mimicking bilateral occipital lobe infarcts
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 483-484; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carine Bech, Benedikt Huttner, Judith Archambault Patterson, and Jean-Jacques Perrenoud

Unusual evolution of a non-hacek Gram-negative endocarditis in a patient with Turner syndrome
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 485-486; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminders

Cassandra Emily Dillon and Mark S. Laher

The rapid development of hyponatraemia and seizures in an elderly patient following sodium picosulfate/magnesium citrate (Picolax)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 487; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp054 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Holstein and Michael Weber

An extraordinary finding—accidental diagnosis of complete pulmonary aplasia in a 90-year-old lady
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 2, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 487; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp057 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

J. L. Daban, G. Pelée De Saint Maurice, E. Batjom, E. Falzone, and S. Ausset

Postoperative myocardial damages are a key issue in patients’ outcome after hip fracture
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 2, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 488-489; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp040 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol P. Chong, Que T. Lam, Julie E. Ryan, Rabindra N. Sinnappu, and Wen Kwang Lim

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 2, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 489; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp041 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rafael Euba

Misleading message
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 7, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 489-490; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edmund Dunstan

Depression and hospital outcome
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 490; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp029 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Cullum

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 490; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp033 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alistair McVean

Acopia—unable to cope or to copy?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 490-491; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp061 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yi-Yen Karen Kee and Catherine Rippingale

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 491; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp062 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews

John-Paul Taylor

Mental health issues of older women: a comprehensive review for health care professionals
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 492; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalman Kafetz

Geriatric psychiatry basics
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 492; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp091 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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