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Perspective

More than a fleeting conversation: managing medication communication across transitions of care

Elizabeth Manias, Carmel Hughes, Robyn E Woodward‐Kron, Christine M Jorm, Guncag Ozavci and Tracey K Bucknall

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): n/a-n/a Free

Editorials

Prompt access to cataract surgery is vital for preventing falls in older people

Alexander Foss

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 84-85

Research

The incidence of falls after first and second eye cataract surgery: a longitudinal cohort study

Lisa Keay, Kam Chun Ho, Kris Rogers, Peter McCluskey, Andrew JR White, Nigel Morlet, Jonathon Q Ng, Ecosse Lamoureux, Konrad Pesudovs, Fiona J Stapleton, Soufiane Boufous, Jessie Huang‐Lung and Anna Palagyi

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 94-99 Free

Research letter

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Letters

The ABCD of the comprehensive geriatric assessment

Alaa Alghamry and Joseph C Lee

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 211-211

Letters

The ABCD of the comprehensive geriatric assessment

Paven Kaur

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 211-211

Letters

A guide for medical practitioners transitioning to an encore career or retirement

Geoffrey Hawson

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 105-105

Letters

A guide for medical practitioners transitioning to an encore career or retirement

Chanaka Wijeratne and Joanne Earl

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 106-106

Letters

We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia

Jo‐Anne Rayner, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh and Joseph E Ibrahim

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 286-287

Perspectives

What price quality in aged care? Findings from a national survey of more than 6500 income taxpayers

Julie Ratcliffe, Jyoti Khadka, Sheela Kumaran and Billingsley Kaambwa

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 307-310.e1

Editorials

The future of rehabilitation for older Australians

Ian D Cameron, Maria Crotty and Susan E Kurrle

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 169-170

Research letters

Background rates of hospital transfer and death in Australian aged care facilities: estimates to assist interpretation of rates after COVID‐19 vaccination

Hazel J Clothier, Yonatan M Mesfin, Steven Strange and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 180-181 Free

Perspectives

The ABCD of the comprehensive geriatric assessment

Paven Kaur, Jeffrey Rowland and Elizabeth Whiting

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 206-207.e1

Research

Psychotropic medicine prescribing and polypharmacy for people with dementia entering residential aged care: the influence of changing general practitioners

Heidi J Welberry, Louisa R Jorm, Andrea L Schaffer, Sebastiano Barbieri, Benjumin Hsu, Mark F Harris, John Hall and Henry Brodaty

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 130-136 Free

Letters

Is Australia over‐reliant on residential aged care to support our older population?

Diane M Gibson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 45-45.e1

Letters

Is Australia over‐reliant on residential aged care to support our older population?

Suzanne M Dyer and Dominic Tilden

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 46-46.e1

Research

Trajectories of functional performance recovery after inpatient geriatric rehabilitation: an observational study

Cheng Hwee Soh, Esmee M Reijnierse, Camilla Tuttle, Celia Marston, Rose Goonan, Wen Kwang Lim and Andrea B Maier

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 173-179 Free

Letters

A new model of care and in‐house general practitioners for residential aged care facilities

Ian D Cameron, Helen Steinke and Susan E Kurrle

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 44-44.e1

Letters

A new model of care and in‐house general practitioners for residential aged care facilities

Terry Haines, Andrew L Robinson and Andrew J Palmer

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 44-44

Research letters

Impact of pre‐surgery hospital transfer on time to surgery and 30‐day mortality for people with hip fractures

Lara A Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa R Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline CT Close

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 87-88 Free

Letters

Managing bereavement when a family member dies in an aged care home: the impact of COVID‐19

Margaret O’Connor and Bronwyn Wilson

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 333-333.e1 Free

Letters

Bowel cancer screening in older patients: is it time to reconsider?

Donald J Frommer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 143-143.e1

Research letters

Residential medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care facilities

Janet K Sluggett, J Simon Bell, Catherine Lang, Megan Corlis, Craig Whitehead, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (9): 432-433 Free

Research letter

Complementary medicine use by community‐dwelling older Australians

Aimee Lefevre, Ingrid Hopper, John J McNeil and Alice Owen, for the ALSOP Complementary Medicine Research Group*

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 140-141 Free

Perspectives

We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia

NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research Special Interest Group in Rehabilitation and Dementia

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 66-68.e1