Ageing

Delaying retirement may be related to the primacy of work for doctors

Chanaka Wijeratne · Joanne K Earl · Carmelle Peisah · Georgina M Luscombe · Johanna Tibbertsma

Improving mental care for people over 65 must be a priority

Malcolm J Hopwood

The risk of a fatal outcome is low when patients are treated in specialist toxicology units

Peter I Pillans · Colin B Page · Sivarajah Ilango · Anna Kashchuk · Geoffrey K Isbister

Targeted follow-up during the initial 14 days after discharge may reduce re-admission rates

Gillian E Caughey · Nicole L Pratt · John D Barratt · Sepehr Shakib · Anna R Kemp-Casey · Elizabeth E Roughead

An extra 4300 steps each day would save older people one day in hospital for each 3 years of life

Ben D Ewald · Christopher Oldmeadow · John R Attia

The world is changing for older people left behind in their ancestral villages

Mahmood F Bhutta

Ageing and physical disability are major barriers to accessing health care in northeast India

Rebekah Young

Older people need GPs who know them well

C Dimity Pond

Bookings of GPs have increased, particularly for people in residential aged care facilities

Angela Joe · Judy A Lowthian · Marianne Shearer · Lyle R Turner · Bianca Brijnath · Christopher Pearce · Colette Browning · Danielle Mazza

Older adults with sarcopenia are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while those with diabetes show accelerated loss of muscle mass and function

David Scott · Barbora de Courten · Peter R Ebeling

Improving the recognition and management of domestic violence among elderly couples

Chanaka Wijeratne · Sharon Reutens

Ethical and moral implications make euthanasia a complex question

Briony J Murphy

Putative allergies are common in older patients, but a significant proportion involve non-genuine allergies or low risk responses

Jason A Trubiano BBiomedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Rekha Pai Mangalore MB BS · Yi-Wei Baey MB BS(Hons) · Duy Le BPharm(Hons) · Linda V Graudins BPharm, DHP, PGDipClinEpi · Patrick GP Charles MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Douglas F Johnson MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Ar Kar Aung MB BS, FRACP, MPHTM

Lessons learned from the approach of three specialties to identifying their “top-five” low-value clinical practices

Jason Soon BEc(Hons), LLB · Rachelle Buchbinder MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Jacqui Close MD, FRCP, FRACP · Catherine Hill MD, MSc, FRACP · Simon Allan FRACP, FAChPM, FRCP · Caroline Turnour MIntPH, BA(Hons)

This wasn’t “end of life”; this was his life.

Kimberley D Ivory MB BS(Hons), MPH, DRANZCOG

An update on research advances in this field that may help tackle this growing challenge more effectively

Terence WH Chong MB BS, MP, FRANZCP · Samantha M Loi MB BS, FRANZCP, GradCertPOA · Nicola T Lautenschlager MD, FRANZCP · David Ames BA, MD, FRCPsych

Two interdependent entities giving rise to each other

Pietro Maggi MD, PhD · Jean Christophe Bier MD · Sandra De Breucker MD

A 78-year-old man presented to a regional emergency department with a severe progressive rash

Andrew DK Nguyen BSc, MB BS · Gabriela Strey MD, FRACP

Nursing home-acquired pneumonia can be well treated without moving the resident to hospital

Michael Montalto MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Man Yee Chu MRCP, FHKAM · Irani Ratnam MB BS, FRACP · Tim Spelman MB BS · Karin Thursky MB BS, BSc, FRACP

Appropriate use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections is an important consideration for residents in aged care

Lynn M Weekes

In-hospital falls are expensive — even when there is no serious injury

Renata T Morello BPhty, MPH · Anna L Barker BPhty, MPhty(Geriatrics), PhD · Jennifer J Watts BBus(Ec), PGDipHEcon, MComm(Ec) · Terry Haines BPhty(Hons), GCHEcon, PhD · Silva S Zavarsek BSc(Hons), PhD · Keith D Hill BAppSc(Physio), GradDipPhysio, PhD · Caroline Brand MB BS, MPH, FRACP · Catherine Sherrington BAppSc(Physio), MPH, PhD · Rory Wolfe BSc, PhD · Megan A Bohensky BA, MPH, PhD · Johannes U Stoelwinder MB BS, MD, FRACMA

If one wakens and looks about with a sense of wonderment, curiosity and thankfulness, the outlook for the day is good

Alexander K Cohen AO, MD, FRACP, FRCP

There is room for improvement in the use of transdermal opioid patches in aged care residents

Svetla Gadzhanova PhD, MSc · Elizabeth E Roughead BPharm, MAppSc, PhD · Lisa G Pont PhD, BPharm, BSc

Does anybody remember that 1999 was the International Year of Older Persons?

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)

Hear it trickle

Michael J Leach