Age and Ageing

Acute hospital care for frail older people
pp. 551-552(2)
Authors: Parker, Stuart G.; Fadayevatan, Reza; Lee, Simon D.

Advance care planning and the relevance of a palliative care approach in dementia
pp. 553-555(3)
Author: Hertogh, Cees M. P. M.

Pharmacist-led medication reviews can reduce patient morbidity?
pp. 555-556(2)
Authors: Howard, Rachel L.; Avery, Anthony J.

News and Reviews
pp. 557-559(3)
Author: MacLennan, Bill

Improving outcome in stroke patients with visual problems
pp. 560-565(6)
Authors: Jones, Sally A.; Shinton, Roger A.

Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy—an important cause of cerebral haemorrhage in older people
pp. 565-571(7)
Authors: Thanvi, Bhomraj; Robinson, Tom

Intravenous thrombolysis in stroke patients of ≥80 versus <80 years of age—a systematic review across cohort studies
pp. 572-580(9)
Authors: Engelter, Stefan T.; Bonati, Leo H.; Lyrer, Philippe A.

Advance care planning and hospital in the nursing home
pp. 581-585(5)
Authors: Caplan, Gideon A.; Meller, Anne; Squires, Barbara; Chan, Stella; Willett, Wendy

Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly people living in care homes—randomised controlled trial
pp. 586-591(6)
Authors: Zermansky, Arnold Geoffrey; Alldred, David Phillip; Petty, Duncan Robert; Raynor, David K.; Freemantle, Nick; Eastaugh, Joanne; Bowie, Peter

Impaired glucose tolerance as a risk factor for stroke in a cohort of non-institutionalised people aged 70 years
pp. 592-596(5)
Authors: Kaarisalo, Minna M.; Räihä, Ismo; Arve, Seija; Lehtonen, Aapo

Their last 6 months: suffering and survival of end-stage dementia patients
pp. 597-601(5)
Authors: Aminoff, Bechor Zvi; Adunsky, Abraham

Favourable effects of exercise training on N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide plasma levels in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction
pp. 601-607(7)
Authors: Giallauria, Francesco; Lucci, Rosa; De Lorenzo, Anna; D'Agostino, Mariantonietta; Del Forno, Domenico; Vigorito, Carlo

Which model of successful ageing should be used? Baseline findings from a British longitudinal survey of ageing
pp. 607-614(8)
Authors: Bowling, Ann; Iliffe, Steve

Hard to swallow: dysphagia in Parkinson's disease
pp. 614-618(5)
Authors: Miller, Nick; Noble, Emma; Jones, Diana; Burn, David

Association of executive function and performance of dual-task physical tests among older adults: analyses from the InChianti study
pp. 619-624(6)
Authors: Coppin, Antonia K.; Shumway-Cook, Anne; Saczynski, Jane S.; Patel, Kushang V.; Ble, Alessandro; Ferrucci, Luigi; Guralnik, Jack M.

Can procalcitonin testing reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections?
pp. 625-626(2)
Authors: Bignardi, G. E.; Dhar, R.; Heycock, R.; Bansal, S.; Majmudar, N.

Is overnight tube feeding associated with hypoxia in stroke?
pp. 627-629(3)
Authors: Dutta, Dipankar; Wood, Tracy; Thomas, Rhys; Asrar ul Haq, Muhammad

Telephone assessment of cognitive function in adulthood: the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone
pp. 629-632(4)
Authors: Tun, Patricia A.; Lachman, Margie E.

Prevalence of chronic disease in the elderly based on a national pharmacy claims database
pp. 633-636(4)
Authors: Naughton, Corina; Bennett, Kathleen; Feely, John

Longitudinal study of the ageing trends in QT interval and dispersion in healthy elderly subjects
pp. 636-638(3)
Authors: Su, Ho-Ming; Chiu, Herng-Chia; Lin, Tsung-Hsien; Voon, Wen-Chol; Liu, Hong-Wen; Lai, Wen-Ter

Pain with Donepezil
pp. 639-640(2)
Authors: Kuloor, Chetan Bangra; Puranik, Ananth

It was not just a heatwave! Neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome in a patient with Parkinson's disease
pp. 640-641(2)
Authors: Douglas, Avion; Morris, Jackie

Fraser syndrome in a 96-year-old female
pp. 642-643(2)
Authors: Impallomeni, Mario; Subramanian, Deepak; Mahmood, Nazim; Joseph, Illes

Atrial myxoma presenting as transient ischaemic attack and acute coronary syndrome in an octogenarian
pp. 644-644(1)
Authors: Balami, J. S; Jones, H. W; Alp, N.; Dwight, J.; Casser, C.; Martin, A.; Winter, L.

Reply
pp. 645-645(1)
Authors: Law, Malcolm; Withers, Heather; Morris, Joan

Cholecalciferol, not ergocalciferol, should be used for vitamin D supplementation
pp. 645-645(1)
Author: Grant, William B.

Drops and falls
pp. 646-646(1)
Authors: Spratt, Alexander; Ogunbowale, Lola; Khawaja, Anthony; Franks, Wendy

The Cambridge Handbook of Age and AgeingEdited by M. L. Johnson, V. L. Bengtson, P. G. Coleman and T. B. L. KirkwoodCambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-82632-2. £65.
pp. 647-647(1)
Author: Hogan, Michael

Advice for senior doctors, consultants and GPs on retirement
pp. 648-648(1)
Author: Clark, A. N. G.