Age and Ageing

Do we still need care homes?
pp. 529-530(2)
Author: Rowan H. Harwood

Inappropriate prescribing in older people
pp. 530-532(3)
Authors: Rachel Howard; Tony Avery

Preventing falls and injuries in care homes
pp. 532-535(4)
Authors: David Oliver; Tahir Masud

News and Reviews
pp. 536-537(2)

Calcific aortic stenosis: same old story?
pp. 538-544(7)
Authors: S.Joanna Cowell; David E. Newby; Nicholas A. Boon; Andrew T. Elder

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea—balancing the risks and potential benefits of warfarin for older people with atrial fibrillation
pp. 544-547(4)
Author: Sophie Victoria Morgan

Interventions for sarcopenia and muscle weakness in older people
pp. 548-555(8)
Author: Stephen E. Borst

Time to death and health expenditure: an improved model for the impact of demographic change on health care costs
pp. 556-561(6)
Authors: Meena Seshamani; Alastair Gray

A national census of care home residents
pp. 561-566(6)
Authors: Clive Bowman; Joanne Whistler; Mark Ellerby

Length of stay and interval to readmission in emergency hospital treatment of COPD
pp. 567-570(4)
Authors: Olli Säynäjäkangas; Tuija Kinnunen; Tuili Tuuponen; Timo Keistinen

Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way?
pp. 571-576(6)
Authors: Peter Lansley; Claudine McCreadie; Anthea Tinker

Family meetings—a qualitative exploration of improving care planning with older people and their families
pp. 577-581(5)
Authors: Jacqueline C. Griffith; Margaret Brosnan; Kathleen Lacey; Sally Keeling; Tim J. Wilkinson

A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a policy of making hip protectors available to residents of nursing homes
pp. 582-588(7)
Authors: Peter D. O'Halloran; Gordon W. Cran; Timothy R. O. Beringer; George Kernohan; Ciaran O'Neill; Jean Orr; Louise Dunlop; Liam J. Murray

Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall
pp. 589-595(7)
Authors: Jugdeep K. Dhesi; Stephen H. D. Jackson; Lindsay M. Bearne; Caje Moniz; Michael V. Hurley; Cameron G. Swift; Theresa J. Allain

Falls prevention in residential care homes: a randomised controlled trial
pp. 596-602(7)
Authors: Christopher A. E. Dyer; Gordon J. Taylor; Mary Reed; Catherine A. Dyer; Dorothy R. Robertson; Rachel Harrington

Postural stability in the elderly: a comparison between fallers and non-fallers
pp. 602-607(6)
Authors: I. Melzer; N. Benjuya; J. Kaplanski

Avoidance hierarchies and preferences for anticoagulation—semi-qualitative analysis of older patients' views about stroke prevention and the use of warfarin
pp. 608-611(4)
Authors: Richard Fuller; Nigel Dudley; Jon Blacktop

An outreach geriatric medication advisory service in residential aged care: a randomised controlled trial of case conferencing
pp. 612-617(6)
Authors: Maria Crotty; Julie Halbert; Debra Rowett; Lynne Giles; Robert Birks; Helena Williams; Craig Whitehead

Older stroke patients in Europe: stroke care and determinants of outcome
pp. 618-624(7)
Authors: A. Bhalla; R. Grieve; K. Tilling; A. G. Rudd; C. D. A. Wolfe

Towards a good death: the impact of the care of the dying pathway in an acute stroke unit
pp. 625-626(2)
Authors: C. Jack; Lynne Jones; Barbara A. Jack; Maureen Gambles; Deborah Murphy; John E. Ellershaw

Are some antihypertensives more prone to induce hypotensive side effects than others?
pp. 626-628(3)
Authors: Lauren Burton; Michael Norton; Julia L. Newton

Reliability and validity of a telephone-based mobility assessment questionnaire
pp. 628-632(5)
Authors: Joe Verghese; Mindy J. Katz; Carol A. Derby; Gail Kuslansky; Charles B. Hall; Richard B. Lipton

Eighteen-year trends in obesity among the elderly
pp. 632-635(4)
Authors: Tommi Sulander; Ossi Rahkonen; Satu Helakorpi; Aulikki Nissinen; Antti Uutela

Falling asleep
pp. 636-637(2)
Authors: Matt Thomas; Kathy Moore

Primary hepatic lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature
pp. 637-640(4)
Authors: Nancy Agmon-Levin; Inna Berger; Mordechai Shtalrid; Hagit Schlanger; Zev M. Sthoeger

Enoxaparin-associated spontaneous thigh haematoma
pp. 641-642(2)
Authors: Enrique Antón; Juan Marti

Are the days of bedrails coming to an end?
pp. 641-641(1)
Authors: Jason Raw; Simon Stacey

Caring for Someone with Depression Toni Battison London: Age Concern Books, 2004. 230 pp, ISBN 0-86242-389-9. £6.99
pp. 643-643(1)
Author: David Jolley

Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging Edited by C. Watkins Bales and C. Seel Richie Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press, 2004. 500 pp, ISBN 1-59259-391-7. $145.00
pp. 643-643(1)
Author: S. Bruce

Queen Square Neurological Rehabilitation Series. Neurological Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease Dianne Playford London and New York: Martin Dunitz, 2003. 160 pp, ISBN 1-84184-297-3. £26.50
pp. 643-643(1)
Author: Jeremy Playfer

Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient Edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000. 520 pp, ISBN 0-8247-0345-6. $135.00
pp. 644-644(1)
Author: Kalman Kafetz

Intermediate Care of Older People Edited by Sian Wade Whurr Publishing, 2004. 334 pp, ISBN 1-86156-356-6. £24.50
pp. 644-645(2)
Author: John Young

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-term Care Facilities Edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Joseph G. Ouslander New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002. 493 pp, ISBN 0-8247-0784-2. $145.00
pp. 644-644(1)
Author: Clive Bowman

Endocrine Facets of Ageing Novartis Foundation Symposium Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 298 pp, ISBN 0-471-48636-1. £80.00
pp. 645-645(1)
Author: Alan J. Sinclair

Age, Narrative and Migration, The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London Katy Gardner Oxford: Berg, 2002. 254 pp, ISBN 1-85973-313-1. £47.00
pp. 645-645(1)
Author: Yong-Lock Ong

Ageism and age discrimination
pp. 646-647(2)
Author: Jolyon Meara

How I Learned To Care About Geriatrics
pp. 648-648(1)
Author: Daniel P. Edgcumbe

A patient who changed my practice—a deceiving patient
pp. 648-648(1)
Author: A. N. G. Clark