Age and Ageing

Editor's view
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Francis, R. M.

The age of osteoarthritis
pp. 2-3(2)
Authors: Birrell, Fraser; Felson, David

Human and economic burden of stroke
pp. 4-5(2)
Author: Di Carlo, Antonio

News and Reviews
pp. 6-7(2)

Drug use and ageing: older people do take drugs
pp. 8-10(3)
Author: Beynon, Caryl M.

Chronic liver disease in an ageing population
pp. 11-18(8)
Authors: Frith, James; Jones, David; Newton, Julia L.

Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: asystematic review of frequency and prognosis
pp. 19-26(8)
Authors: Cole, Martin G.; Ciampi, Antonio; Belzile, Eric; Zhong, Lihong

Cost of stroke in the United Kingdom
pp. 27-32(6)
Authors: Saka, mer; McGuire, Alistair; Wolfe, Charles

The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people
pp. 33-40(8)
Authors: Spice, Claire L.; Morotti, Wendy; George, Steve; Dent, Thomas H. S.; Rose, Jim; Harris, Scott; Gordon, Christopher J.

Development of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) screening tool
pp. 40-46(7)
Authors: Russell, Melissa A.; Hill, Keith D.; Day, Lesley M.; Blackberry, Irene; Gurrin, Lyle C.; Dharmage, Shyamali C.

Lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark
pp. 47-51(5)
Authors: Brnnum-Hansen, Henrik; Petersen, Inge; Jeune, Bernard; Christensen, Kaare

Differentials in mortality up to 20 years after baseline interview among older people in East London andEssex
pp. 51-55(5)
Authors: Bowling, Ann; Grundy, Emily

Undetected type 2 diabetes in older adults
pp. 56-62(7)
Authors: Dankner, Rachel; Geulayov, Galit; Olmer, Liraz; Kaplan, Giora

The effects of usual footwear on balance amongst elderly women attending a day hospital
pp. 62-67(6)
Authors: Horgan, N. Frances; Crehan, Fiona; Bartlett, Emma; Keogan, Fiona; OGrady, Anne Marie; Moore, Allan R.; Donegan, Ciaran F.; Curran, Martina

What do community-dwelling Caucasian and South Asian 6070 year olds think about exercise for fall prevention
pp. 68-73(6)
Authors: Horne, Maria; Speed, Shaun; Skelton, Dawn; Todd, Chris

Mobility training after hip fracture: a randomised controlled trial
pp. 74-80(7)
Authors: Moseley, Anne M.; Sherrington, Catherine; Lord, Stephen R.; Barraclough, Elizabeth; St George, Rebecca J.; Cameron, Ian D.

Advance end-of-life healthcare planning in an acute NHS hospital setting; development and evaluation of the Expression of Healthcare Preferences (EHP) document
pp. 81-85(5)
Authors: Schiff, Rebekah; Shaw, Rory; Raja, Nadia; Rajkumar, Chakravarthi; Bulpitt, Christopher J.

A preliminary study of the safety, feasibility and cognitive efficacy of soy isoflavone supplements in older men and women
pp. 86-93(8)
Authors: Gleason, Carey E.; Carlsson, Cynthia M.; Barnet, Jodi H.; Meade, Sarah A.; Setchell, Kenneth D. R.; Atwood, Craig S.; Johnson, Sterling C.; Ries, Michele L.; Asthana, Sanjay

A longitudinal analysis of older Australian women's consultations with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, 19962005
pp. 93-99(7)
Authors: Adams, Jon; Sibbritt, David; Young, Anne F.

Temporal relationship between influenza infections and subsequent first-ever stroke incidence
pp. 100-103(4)
Authors: Toschke, Andr M.; Heuschmann, Peter U.; Wood, Oliver; Wolfe, Charles D. A.

The prevalence and characteristic of patients with acopia
pp. 103-105(3)
Authors: Kee, Yi-Yen Karen; Rippingale, Catherine

Use of drugs with anticholinegic effects and cognitive impairment in community-living older persons
pp. 105-108(4)
Authors: Merchant, Reshma A.; Li, Bintao; Yap, Keng-Bee; Ng, Tze-Pin

Practicality, validity and sensitivity to change of fear of falling self-report in hospitalised elderlya comparison of four instruments
pp. 108-112(5)
Authors: Denkinger, Michael D.; Igl, Wilmar; Coll-Planas, Laura; Nikolaus, Thorsten; Bailer, Stefanie; Bader, Anne; Jamour, Michael

Associations and consequences of hypophosphataemia in older hospitalised women
pp. 112-115(4)
Authors: Sumukadas, Deepa; Jenkinson, Fiona; Witham, Miles D.

Characterising frailty in the clinical settinga comparison of different approaches
pp. 115-119(5)
Authors: Hubbard, Ruth E.; OMahony, M. Sinead; Woodhouse, Ken W.

Association between ankle muscle strength and limit of stability in older adults
pp. 119-123(5)
Authors: Melzer, Itshak; Benjuya, Nissim; Kaplanski, Jacob; Alexander, Neil

Relationship between serum preheparin lipoprotein lipase mass, plasma glucose and metabolic syndrome in older subjects
pp. 123-126(4)
Authors: Kotani, Kazuhiko; Adachi, Seiji; Tsuzaki, Kokoro; Sakane, Naoki

A fractured approach to care home residents
pp. 127-127(1)
Authors: Jones, Phil; Stone, Debbie

Falls in the elderlythe need for more access to chiropody
pp. 127-128(2)
Authors: Dindyal, Shiva; Bhuva, Neel; Kumaraswamy, Prakash; Khoshnaw, Hiro

Jed RoweWe lost one of our own
pp. 128-129(2)
Author: Nenn, Paula J.

The effect of bedrails on falls and injury
pp. 129-129(1)
Author: OKeeffe, Shaun

Reply
pp. 129-130(2)
Authors: Healey, Frances; Oliver, David

Abuse of Older Men
pp. 131-131(1)
Author: Tinker, Anthea

Handbook of emotional disorders in later life: assessment and treatment
pp. 131-131(1)
Author: Reich, Shuli

Psychosis in the elderly
pp. 131-132(2)
Authors: Cerejeira, Joaquim; Mukaetova-Ladinska, Elizabeta B.

Website review
pp. 133-133(1)
Author: Hasan, Taj

The efficacy of pre-thickened fluids on total fluid and nutrient consumption among extended care residents requiring thickened fluids due to risk of aspiration
pp. 134-134(1)
Authors: McCormick, Siobhn Erin; Stafford, Kathleen Mary; Saqib, Ghulam; Chroinin, Danielle Ni; Power, Dermot

Epidemiology of balance and dizziness in a national population: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
pp. 134-134(1)
Authors: Stevens, Kara N.; Lang, Iain A.; Guralnik, Jack M.; Melzer, David

A pagetic elderly lady with back pain
pp. 135-135(1)
Authors: Magri, Caroline Jane; Ferry, Peter; Vassallo, Mark Anthony; Vella, Antoine