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Gerontology

Lessons from practice

The importance of early diagnosis of herpes zoster myelitis

Olivia L W Ong, Andrew C Churchyard and Peter W New

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 546-547 Free

Correction

A multimodal intervention to improve fragility fracture management in patients presenting to emergency departments

Charles A Inderjeeth, Denise A Glennon, Kate E Poland, Katherine V Ingram, Richard L Prince, Victoria R Van and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 376

Position statement

Treatment for osteoporosis in Australian residential aged care facilities: consensus recommendations for fracture prevention

Gustavo Duque, Jacqueline J Close, Julien P de Jager, Peter R Ebeling, Charles Inderjeeth, Stephen Lord, Andrew J McLachlan, Ian R Reid, Bruce R Troen and Philip N Sambrook

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 173-179 Free

Research

A multimodal intervention to improve fragility fracture management in patients presenting to emergency departments

Charles A Inderjeeth, Denise A Glennon, Kate E Poland, Katherine V Ingram, Richard L Prince, Victoria R Van and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 149-153 Free

Research

Impact of adverse news media on prescriptions for osteoporosis: effect on fractures and mortality

Philip N Sambrook, Jiang S Chen, Judy M Simpson and Lyn M March

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 154-156 Free

Letters

Managing outbreaks of viral respiratory infection in aged care facilities — challenges and difficulties during the first pandemic wave

Gulam Khandaker, Bridget Doyle, Dominic E Dwyer and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 722

Book review

Assessing elderly drivers’ roadworthiness

Ilian Kamenoff

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 536

Research

A cluster randomised controlled trial to prevent injury due to falls in a residential aged care population

John A Ward, Mandy Harden, Richard E Gibson and Julie E Byles

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 319-322 Free

Medicine and the community

Depressive symptoms in older male Italian immigrants in Australia: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project

Fiona F Stanaway, Robert G Cumming, Vasi Naganathan, Fiona M Blyth, Helen M Creasey, Louise M Waite, David J Handelsman and Markus J Seibel

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 158-162 Free

Research

Role of general practitioners in managing age-related hearing loss

Julie M Schneider, Bamini Gopinath, Catherine M McMahon, Helena C Britt, Christopher M Harrison, Tim Usherwood, Stephen R Leeder and Paul Mitchell

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 20-23 Free

Review

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of hip fractures in older persons: an update

Jenson C S Mak, Ian D Cameron and Lyn M March

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 37-41 Free

Rural and Remote Health

Geriatric ward rounds by video conference: a solution for rural hospitals

Leonard C Gray, Olivia R Wright, Alison J Cutler, Paul A Scuffham and Richard Wootton

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 605-608 Free

Supplement

Medical morbidity and severity of depression in a large primary care sample of older Australians: the DEPS-GP project

Jon J Pfaff, Brian M Draper, Jane E Pirkis, Nigel P Stocks, John A Snowdon, Moira G Sim, Gerard J Byrne, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Leon A Flicker, Ngaire M Kerse, Robert D Goldney and Osvaldo P Almeida

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): S75 Free

Research

Use of gastrostomy tubes in older Western Australians: a population-based study of frequency, indications and outcomes

Janine Calver, Kieran A McCaul, Melinda Burmas, Barbara J Horner and Leon Flicker

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 358-361 Free

Letters

The changing face of the Australian population: growth in centenarians

Heather Booth

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 165-166

Health care

The pathway to dementia diagnosis

Catherine M Speechly, Charles Bridges-Webb and Erin Passmore

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 487-489 Free

Research

Quality of Australian clinical guidelines and relevance to the care of older people with multiple comorbid conditions

Agnes I Vitry and Ying Zhang

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 360-365 Free

Research

Development and validation of fall risk screening tools for use in residential aged care facilities

Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline C T Close, Hylton B Menz, Robert G Cumming, Ian D Cameron, Philip N Sambrook, Lyn M March and Stephen R Lord

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 193-196 Free

Letters

Reducing the paperwork for residential aged-care facility waiting lists

Aine G Greene, Bernadette Kenny and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 50

Public health

The changing face of the Australian population: growth in centenarians

Robyn L Richmond

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 720-723 Free

Research

Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions

Malcolm H Parker, Colleen M Cartwright and Gail M Williams

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 450-456 Free

Conference report

Mars and Venus: does gender matter in ageing?

Julie E Byles, Matthew Carroll and and the Mars and Venus Writing Team

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 271-273

Research

Hospital costs of older people in New South Wales in the last year of life

Katina Kardamanidis, Kim Lim, Cristalyn Da Cunha, Lee K Taylor and Louisa R Jorm

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 383-386 Free

Letters

Transition Care: what is it and what are its outcomes?

Ian D Cameron and Owen Davies

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 197-198

Supplement

Spiritual care and ageing in a secular society

Elizabeth B MacKinlay and Corinne Trevitt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S74 Free