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Research

The dispensing of psychotropic medicines to older people before and after they enter residential aged care

Stephanie L Harrison, Janet K Sluggett, Catherine Lang, Craig Whitehead, Maria Crotty, Megan Corlis, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): n/a-n/a Free

Narrative review / Aged care series

Differences in frailty in older men and women

Emily H Gordon and Ruth E Hubbard

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 183-188

Letters

Sarcopenia: a deserving recipient of an Australian ICD‐10‐AM code

Jesse Zanker, David Scott, Sharon L Brennan‐Olsen and Gustavo Duque

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 45-45.e1

Editorials

Outcomes for frail very old patients in the ICU are remarkably good

Alison M Mudge

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 314-315

Research

Frailty in very old critically ill patients in Australia and New Zealand: a population‐based cohort study

Jai N Darvall, Rinaldo Bellomo, Eldho Paul, Ashwin Subramaniam, John D Santamaria, Sean M Bagshaw, Sumeet Rai, Ruth E Hubbard and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 318-323 Free

Perspectives / Aged care series

Improving the delivery of primary care for older people

C Dimity Pond and Catherine Regan

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 60-62.e1 Free

Research

Polypharmacy among older Australians, 2006–2017: a population‐based study

Amy T Page, Michael O Falster, Melisa Litchfield, Sallie‐Anne Pearson and Christopher Etherton‐Beer

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 71-75 Free

Research

Potentially suboptimal prescribing of medicines for older Aboriginal Australians in remote areas

Amy Page, Zoë Hyde, Kate Smith, Christopher Etherton‐Beer, David N Atkinson, Leon Flicker, Linda Skeaf, Roslyn Malay and Dina C LoGiudice

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 119-125 Free

Perspectives

Targeted physical activity for older adults with mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline

Emily You, Kathryn A Ellis, Kay Cox and Nicola T Lautenschlager

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 394-395.e1

Perspectives

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety: the key clinical issues

Joseph E Ibrahim

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 439-441.e1

Letters

Nursing home “no returns” policy, when residents are discharged to the emergency department at 4 am: what does the law say?

Malcolm P Forbes and Angelo Ferraro

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (8): 381-381.e1

Research letter

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Ann M Roche and Victoria Kostadinov

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 38-39 Free

Medical education / Clinical skills

The Timed Up and Go test

William Browne and Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 13-14

Perspectives

The rising health, social and economic costs of Australia’s ageing prisoner population

Natasha A Ginnivan, Tony G Butler and Adrienne N Withall

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 422-424

Perspectives

Rendering visible the previously invisible in health care: the ageing LGBTI communities

Carmelle Peisah, Kim Burns, Samantha Edmonds and Henry Brodaty

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (3): 106-108

Editorials

Residential aged care: there is no single optimal model

Joseph E Ibrahim

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 431-432

Research

Clustered domestic residential aged care in Australia: fewer hospitalisations and better quality of life

Suzanne M Dyer, Enwu Liu, Emmanuel S Gnanamanickam, Rachel Milte, Tiffany Easton, Stephanie L Harrison, Clare E Bradley, Julie Ratcliffe and Maria Crotty

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 433-438 Free

Letters

Giving older people the opportunity to optimise their quality of life

Alice L Holmes, Marta H Woolford and Joseph E Ibrahim

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 369

Medical education / Clinical skills

Bedside cognitive assessment

Lorenzo Norris and Elizabeth L Cobbs

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 200-201

Letters

Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis

Henry Zeimer

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 142

Letters

Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis

J Michael Wynne

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 142-143

Letters

Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis

Judy A Lowthian, Claudia Meyer, Dianne Goeman and Colette Browning

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 143

Letters

Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis

Joseph E Ibrahim, David L Ranson and Lyndal Bugeja

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 143

Editorials

Self-management support for patients with chronic disease: potential and questions

Nicholas A Zwar and Sarah M Dennis

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 66-67

Short report

Adverse events following vaccination of older people may be under-reported

Hazel J Clothier, Nigel W Crawford, Melissa Russell and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (7): 301-302 Free