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Contents
Volume 21.1, March 2002
Volume 21.2, June 2002
Volume 21.3, September 2002
Volume 21.4, December 2002
Volume 20.1, March 2001
Volume 20.2, June 2001
Volume 20.3, September 2001
Volume 20.3, Supplement 2, September 2001 - 2000 Fulbright Symposium, Perth, Thematic keynote highlights
Volume 20.4, December 2001
Volume 19.1, February 2000
Volume 19.2, May 2000
Volume 19.3, August 2000
Volume 19.4, November 2000
Volume 18, no.1, February
1999
Volume 18, no.2, May 1999
Volume 18.3, August 1999
Volume 18.3, special IYOP issue September 1999
Volume 18.4, November 1999
Volume 17, no.1, February 1998
Volume 17, no.2, May 1998
Volume 17, no.3, August 1998
Volume 17, no.4, November 1998
Volume 17, no. 1 February 1998
OPINION
Alzheimer's disease, drinking water and aluminium content
.......................................................... 2
R.M. Douglas
Alcohol drinking and health in the elderly
....................................................................................
4
L. Letenneur
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Measurement and management of pain in older people
............................................................... 5
R.D. Helme & S.J. Gibson
INNOVATIONS IN AGED CARE......................................................................................
16
B.J. Hill & M.L. Basser
RESEARCH
The prevalence of childlessness in cohorts of older women
........................................................ 18
D.T. Rowland
Consequences of childlessness in later life
...................................................................................24
D.T. Rowland
Go-getter, hamstrung and yesteryear managers of older
Australians' leisure organisations ............29
R. Swindell & C. Mayhew
Factors associated with successful ageing
..................................................................................
33
A.F. Jorm, H. Christensen, A.S. Henderson, P.A. Jacomb, A.E.
Korten, A. Mackinnon
BRIEF REPORTS
Reactions to ageing among Australian students
..........................................................................
38
S. Gattuso & C. Saw
Computers: a learning system that increases interest and
confidence ........................................... 40
L.R. Buys
CASE REPORT
An unusual form of memory loss
...............................................................................................
42
R.B. Lefroy
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .............................................................................................. 44
BOOKSHELF ....................................................................................................................... 46
CONFERENCE CALENDAR ............................................................................................. 51
1997 REVIEWERS ............................................................................................................... 52
OPINION
Suicide in the elderly: some good
news
.............................................................................54
R.D. Goldney
Will the hostel survive?
....................................................................................................56
R.B. Lefroy
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Management of late-life
depression
.................................................................................57
J. Snowdon
INNOVATIONS IN AGED CARE
The access unit: facilitating
entry to an aged care program
..............................................63
J.D. Callaghan & B. Katz
RESEARCH
Psychotropic medication use in a
sample of frail, elderly inpatients in Sydney,
Australia
......................................................................................................................65
E. McInnes, M. Mira, N. Atkin, P. Kennedy, J. Cullen
The Lidcombe Hospital Memory
(Cognitive Disorders) Clinic: review of clinical
experience
...................................................................................................................71
D. Chan, J. Eleazar, S. Williams, V. Arpadi, , R. Ford, T.
Gibian, C. Kirkby, W. McMaster
The use of nursing homes and
hostels for respite care
....................................................76
C.Y. Choi & Z. Liu
Screening for depression by the
nursing staff in an acute psychogeriatric unit
..................81
S. Akoo & A. Shah
Management of residents' pain in
extended care settings: resource issues for nurses ........85
K. Parish & E. Willis
Recently retired non-professional
men and their perceptions of retirement ......................90
E. Fudge
BRIEF REPORTS
A preliminary survey of patients
seen by the Kimberley Aged Care Assessment Team ....95
D.G. Bruce, M. Baird, A.H. Saddler, P. Goldswain
CASE REPORT
Thyroxine replacement and
ischaemic heart disease in the elderly
....................................97
C. Trescoli-Serrano & J. Tulloch
BOOKSHELF .............................................................................................................99
CONFERENCE CALENDAR .................................................................................104
OPINION
Rising IQ scores: implications
for the elderly
................................................................
106
J.R. Flynn
Oral health for the elderly
............................................................................................
107
L.M. Short
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Primary prevention for
cardiovascular disease in older people
...................................... 109
R. Bonita & R. Beaglehole
INNOVATIONS IN AGED CARE
Educating medical students in
geriatric medicine: the Christchurch experience ...............
115
T.J. Wilkinson & R. Sainsbury
REVIEWS
Comprehensive strategies for
health promotion for older people: past lessons and
future opportunities
....................................................................................................
.....120
D. Nutbeam
The role of gerontological
associations in Korea
..............................................................
128
S-J Choi.
RESEARCH
The depression scale of the
Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales
........................................ 132
B.G. Stacey
Dementia care staff and family
carers: their relationships in the context of care
................... 135
D.S. Setterlund
Family caregiving of older people
with dementing illnesses in nursing homes:
a lifeline of special care
....................................................................................................
140
A.A. Fleming
BRIEF REPORTS
Discriminating factors between
hip and other fractures in older women
.............................. 145
E. Zivanovic, S.R. Lord, J.A. Ward
Viewpoint
Difficulties with psychiatric
research in nursing homes in Melbourne
................................... 148
A. Shah
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ...................................................................................... 151
BOOKSHELF ................................................................................................................ 152
Volume 17, no. 4 November 1998
OPINION
The decline in alcohol
disorders with age: causes and implications
...............................................158
W. Hall & L. Degenhardt
Mental health care of
older people: the need for consultation-liaison psychiatric
nursing ................159
S. Harding
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Clinical use of
preserved learning capacity in dementia
.................................................................161
M. Bird
INNOVATIONS IN AGED CARE
Training in aged care
advocacy for primary health care workers in central Australia: an
evaluation .167
K. Tsey, S.
Morrish, A. Lucas, J. Boffa
REVIEW ARTICLE
Regulation and quality
in aged care: a cross-national perspective
...................................................172
J. Braithwaite
RESEARCH
Physical restraint of
older people: a study of Australian practices
...................................................177.
M. Woodward
A psychogeriatric
outreach service to nursing homes in Sydney
......................................................184
B. Draper, S. Meares, H. McIntosh
The importance of
adopting a client focus in assessing outcomes following inpatient
rehabilitation
treatment of older people
..............................................................................................................187
L. Gething, J. Fethney, A. Blazely
BRIEF REPORT
Gender differences in depressive symptoms among older people living in the community ................193
ASGM POSITION STATEMENT
Immunisation of older
people
.......................................................................................................196
M. Woodward
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Aged Care Australia 11th national conference ...............................................................................202
BOOKSHELF ...........................................................................................................................209
CONFERENCE CALENDAR .................................................................................................214
INDEX TO 1998 ISSUES .........................................................................................................215
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Revised: 23 April 2003
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