Australasian Journal on Ageing 2001

Australasian Journal on Ageing 2001

Contents 2001

Volume 20.1, March 2001
Volume 20.2, June 2001
Volume 20.3, September 2001
Volume 20.3 Supplement 1, September 2001 - Australian Association of Gerontology National Conference, Canberra 2001: Abstracts of papers
Volume 20.3, Supplement 2, September 2001 - 2000 Fulbright Symposium, Thematic keynote highlights
Volume 20.4, December 2001

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Volume 20.1, March 2001

Opinion

Ageing in place: issues for people ageing with long standing disabilities ..........................................2
Lindsay Gething

Review Articles

Pre-clinical dementia: does it exist? ..............................................................................................4
L.M. Waite

The impact of neurodegenerative disorders on ageing: an overview of the
Sydney Older Persons Study ......................................................................................................11
H. Creasey, L.M. Waite, D.A. Grayson, H.P. Bennett, O. Dent and G.A. Broe

Research

Rights focused advocacy and elder abuse .................................................................................. 17
David Cripps

Age discrimination in hiring practices against older adults in Western Australia: the case of
accounting assistants ..................................................................................................................23
Eyal Gringart and Edward Helmes

Use of sleeping medication and quality of life among older women who report sleeping difficulty ..29
Syed Hasan, Julie E. Byles, Gita Mishra and Margaret A. Harris

Older people's perception of their general practitioner ...............................................................36
Judith Keller and Jo-Anne Slee

Elder abuse among clients and carers referred to the Central Coast ACAT: a descriptive analysis..41
Robert Bunt, Patrick Livermore and Katrina Biscan

Bookshelf

Book reviews ........................................................................................................................... 48
Other books received ................................................................................................................51

2000 Reviewers
Editorial Review Panel, 2000 .................................................................................................... 52

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Volume 20.2, June 2001
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Tribute

Tribute to Joanna Johnson…Goodbye to a friend ..................................................................54
Denys Correll, Professor Anthony Jorm

Opinion

The Australia-Japan partnership: Some lessons for Australia ..................................................55
John McCallum

Professional Practice Update

Management of age related hearing loss .................................................................................56
Jan F Welsh, Suzanne C Purdy

Research

Qualitative aspects of productive ageing .................................................................................62
R Ranzijn, C Grbich

Clinical diagnoses and disability among community dwellers aged 75 and over:
The Sydney older persons study .............................................................................................67
LM Waite, GA Broe, H Greasey, DA Grawon, D Edelbrock, JS Cullen, WS Brooks, BJ Casey, HP Bennett

A prospective study of falls following hip fracture in community dwelling older adults ...............73
SE Hall, JA Williams, RA Criddle

Research with older people: comparison of a general practice and electoral roll sample
with the Australia National Survey sample ...............................................................................79
N Kerse, D Osborne, C Browning, L Flicker, D Young

Strategies against polypharmacy and inappropriate medication–are they effective?....................85
FHW Chan, CKW Pei, KC Chiu, EDW Tsang

Brief Report

Advanced care planning; should we be discussing it with our patients? .....................................89
J Mador

Case Reports

The oldest patient with bronchial asthma .................................................................................92
K Kurishima, H Satoh, YT Yamashita, M Ohtsuka, K Sekizawa

Anaphylaxis to Oxybutynin (Ditropan) ....................................................................................93
T Thompson

A case of dementia with lewy bodies responding to Donepezil .................................................95
T Thompson

Dementia with lewy bodies: A review with an illustrative case report .........................................96
R Chong, L Evans, DKY Chan

Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus in geriatric hospitals and long term care facilities:
Implications for practitioners ...................................................................................................100
M Anpalahan, P Davzins

Bookshelf

Book reviews .........................................................................................................................103
Other books received .............................................................................................................106

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Volume 20.3, September 2001
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Opinion

Demoralisation: a useful conceptualisation of existential distress in the elderly ........................... 110
David Kissane

Ethical issues in clinical drug trials in Alzheimer's disease ......................................................... 112
Elizabeth G. Cleland, Carol A. Snellgrove and Jane R. Hecker

Professional Practice Update

Nutrition and senescence: healthy ageing ................................................................................ 114
Dianne Volker and Ian Caterson

Policy Update

Beyond the two year review - the new generation of issues in aged care? ................................123

Research

Use of housing wealth by older Australians ............................................................................ 127
Diana J. Beal

Needs of family carers of elderly people with dementia living in the community ....................... 133
Joy Leong, Irena Madjar and Barb Fiveash

Subjective qualtiy of life, perceived control and dispositional optimism among older people .... 139
Elise Maher and Robert A. Cummins

Evaluation of a long-term water exercise program for the elderly: focusing on balance ............ 147
Susan Josephson, Diane Josephson and Jennifer Netz

Brief reports

Use of the internet by older South Australian rural Australians ............................................... 153
Carol Irizarry, Deborah West and Andrew Downing

The role of humour as a coping strategy in an older male sample............................................ 156
Fiona Alpass, Stephen Neville and Ross Flett

Bookshelf

Book reviews ...................................................................................................................... 158
Other Books received

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Volume 20.3, Supplement 2, Sept 2001

2000 FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM - IMPLICATIONS OF AN AGEING POPULATION
5-7 September 2000, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth, Western Australia

Thematic keynote highlights

Forward ................................................................................................................................. 2

About the Editors and Principal authors ............................................................................. 3

Ageing and Society

Australian aged care & the new international paradigm ............................................................. 5
J. McCallum, R. Calder, J. Walsh, S. Moy, S Adamzcuk, R. Bye, T. Nakamura

An ageing society issues and challenges .................................................................................. 15
C. Bevan

Advocacy and ageing ............................................................................................................. 27
H. Sorensen, B. Black

Intergenerational curriculum: A two stage primary school project for promoting positive images
of ageing ................................................................................................................................ 35
S. Feldman, H.Mahoney, T. Seedsman

Ageing and Technology

Is there a slow lane on the super highway? .............................................................................. 42
A. Tay

Older adults perceptions, experiences and anxieties with emerging technologies ....................... 50
D. Cameron, R. Marquis, B. Webster

Looking to the future

Ageing is space ...................................................................................................................... 57
R. Hugman

The centenarians are coming. Are we ready? .......................................................................... 66
J. Barker

Working in later life ................................................................................................................ 69
S. Encel

Old people ought to be explorers: The questions of value ........................................................ 74
V. Brady

Grey nomads and grey voyagers ............................................................................................. 77
S. Westh

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Volume 20.4, December 2001
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Opinion

The caring computer: the role of information and communication technologies in aged care.......164
Laurie Wilson

Literature Review

Behaviour rating scales for older people with dementia: which is the best for use by nurses?......166
Christine C. Neville and Gerard J.A. Byrne

Research

Characteristics of social support in a community-living sample of older people: The Sydney
Older Persons Study ............................................................................................................. 173
Dorothy Edelbrock, Laurie R. Buys, Louise M. Waite, David A. Grayson,
G. Anthony Broe, Helen Creasey

The cost effectiveness of a pharmacist reviewing medication among the elderly in the
community ............................................................................................................................ 179
Anthony Harris and Elena Gospodarevskaya

Rituals of visiting people with dementia in residential care ........................................................ 187
Verna Schofield

Health locus of control, depression and quality of life in people who are elderly ....................... 192
Paul Bramston and Vilma Tomasevic

Suicide of older people in Asian societies: an international comparison ..................................... 196
Bernard W.K. Lau and Colin Pritchard

ASGM Position Statement No. 9

Medical care for people in residential aged care services ......................................................... 204

Bookshelf

Book reviews ........................................................................................................................ 209
Other books received

2001 Reviewers
Editorial Review Panel 2001 .................................................................................................. 217

Annual Index ....................................................................................................................... 218

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