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Contents 1999
Volume 18, no.1, February 1999
Volume
18, no.2, May 1999
Volume
18, no.3, August 1999
Volume 18.3 Supplement September 1999 (Special IYOP issue)
Volume
18.4 November 1999
Volume 18, no. 1 February 1999
OPINION
Ageism and health care: the challenge for the
future
..................................................................2
L. Gething
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Sensory loss and communication difficulties in
the
elderly...........................................................4
N. Erber & S. Scherer
REVIEW ARTICLES
Alzheimer's disease and brain reserve
......................................................................................10
P. Schofield
Intergovernmental policy lessons from Canada:
paying the piper and calling the tune ..........…....15
M.J. Clark
RESEARCH
Money talks: ascribing a dollar value to
voluntarism
...................................................................19
R. Swindell & K. Vassella
Hip protectors: results of a user survey
.....................................................................................
23
C. Birks, K. Lockwood, I. Cameron, S. Kurrle, W. Burnside, S.
Easter,
J. Venman, R. Cumming, S. Quine, G. Salkeld, T. Finnegan
Risk factors associated with falls in the
elderly rehabilitation client
...............................................27
J. Barr, P. Brown, G. Perry
A lavender pink grey power: gay and lesbian
gerontology in Australia
.........................................32
J. Harrison
BRIEF REPORTS
Low level disability in activities of daily
living in elderly people living independently:
risk factors and implications
.......................................................................................................38
S. Collison, F. Cicuttini, V. Mead, F. Savio
When should we measure functioning? A
comparison of serial measurement of the MOS SF-36
in an Australian hospital sample with Australian norms
.................................................................40
L. Snow, E. O'Brien, D.C. Saltman, M. Ahern
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ............................................................................................... 44
BOOKSHELF .....................................................................................................................… 45
CONFERENCE CALENDAR ............................................................................................... 51
1998 REVIEWERS ................................................................................................................. 52
OPINION
Financing aged care services: 1999 and beyond
..........................................................................54
Papers by J. McCallum, D.M. Knox and P. Smith
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE UPDATE
Drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease
.......................................................................................59
M. Woodward
REVIEW ARTICLE
Ageing in Hong Kong
.................................................................................................................66
I. Chi & E. Chui
RESEARCH
Australian innovations in home-based care: a
comparison of Community Aged Care Packages,
Community Options projects and hostel care
...............................................................................72
D. Gibson & S. Mathur
Client outcomes in case managed care: who
benefits most?
...........................................................79
Y. Wells, H. Swerissen, H. Kendig
Costs of community care services for
individuals with complex needs
.............................................86
H. Kendig, Y. Wells, H. Swerissen, A. Reynolds
Reasons for hospital admission in New
Zealand's oldest old
..........................................................93
T.J. Wilkinson
BRIEF REPORT
Further validation of 'Timed Up and Go' in
stroke patients
.............................................................98
B. Nair, A. Dobson, I. O'Dea, K. Hogben, K. DÉste, J. Page
BOOKSHELF ............................................................................................................................100
CONFERENCE CALENDAR ..................................................................................................104
OPINION
Houses for all ages
……………………………………………………………….…………
106
P. Archibald
Crime and older people
……………………………………………………………………..
107
A. Graycar
REVIEW ARTICLES
Long-term health consequences of war-time
imprisonment: a review of the
Concord Hospital POW project
…………………………………………………………….
109
O.F. Dent
Suicide among seniors
…………………………………………………………………….…
114
J. Klinger
RESEARCH
Undernourished patients with hip fracture: poor
outcome is not due to excess infections …........ 119
D. Bruce, I. Laurance, L. Ng, P. Goldswain
The effect of sensory impairment on the
lifestyle activities of older people
………………......…124
M.S. Clark, M.J. Bond, L. Sanchez
Satisfaction with medical and allied health
services among aged people in Sydney
………......…130
O.F. Dent, G.A. Broe, H. Creasey, L.M.Waite, J.S. Cullen, D.A.
Grayson
The effects of physical health upon the outcome
of admission to an acute
psychogeriatrics ward
……………………………………………………………………..…134
B. Draper & G. Luscombe
Understanding conflict: perception of female
caregivers
……………………………...………..140
N. Rahman
Is hostel care good for you? Quality of life
measures in older people moving
into residential care
…………………………………………………………………………...145
C. Reberger, S.E. Hall, R.A. Criddle
CASE REPORTS
The Charles Bonnet syndrome
………………………………………………………………..
150
R.B. Lefroy
BOOKSHELF ……………………………………………………………………………… 152
Volume 18.3 Supplement, September 1999
Special IYOP Issue - The New
Millenium of Ageing
Funded by the Commonwealth Office for Older Australians
Preface
………………………………………………………………………………………1
The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop
Introduction
………………………………………………………………………………….2
Denys Correll
The positive impact of the United Nations
declared International Year of Older Persons on
perceptions of ageing
……………………………………………………………...................3
Gary Andrews
Setting the pace: the response of
non-government organisations to the IYOP
……………….....8
Delys Sargeant
Future directions for residential care
………………………………………………………….12
Anna Howe
The coming crisis of Australian aged care: fact
or fiction?
………………………………….......19
Diane Gibson and John Goss
Older people in hospital
……………………………………………………………………….26
Michael Davis, David LeCouteur, Geoffrey Trim, June Buchanan,
Sally Rubenach, Allan MccLean
Old age is not downhill: the satisfactions and
well-being of older Australians
………………........32
Bruce Headey
Not just surviving but living: policy and
income for retirement and old age
…………………........33
Linda Rosenman
Social policy and research for older citizens
……………………………………………………44
Cherry Russell and Hal Kendig
The ethnic aged population and the likelihood
of special needs
………………………………....50
Don Rowland
Over the hill and picking up speed: older women
of the Australian Longitudinal Study of
Women's Health
……………………………………………………………………................55
Julie Byles
An evaluation of healthy ageing programs
……………………………………………………....63
MaryLouise O'Connor-Fleming
Bookshelf …….………………………………………………………………………………..70
Opinion
Services for older Australians with a mental illness
.......................................................................158
Paul Morgan and Barbara Hocking
Professional Practice Update
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older
people...........................................................160
Robyn Norton
Innovations in Aged Care
A falls intervention database: describing and evaluating
falls prevention programs nationally............167
Belinda Gilsenan, Keith D. Hill and Ngaire Kerse
Review Articles
Issues in the development of robotics
technology for aged care in
Japan........................................174
Noriko Dethlefs
Participation in physical activities by older
Australians: a review of the social psychological
benefits and
constraints................................................................................................................179
Ian Patterson and Milan Chang
Research
Transportation needs of
community-living older people in
Sydney.................................................186
O.F. Dent
Cognitive screening of older hospital patients:
a quality assurance
study.........................................191
Benny Katz and Robert D. Helme
Brief report
Family environment of older Indians
with chronic
illness................................................................195
Shubha Soneja, A.B. Dey and Rajvir Singh
Case Report
Adverse drug reactions mimicking
disease....................................................................................198
J.D. Callaghan and B. Katz
Bookshelf ..............................................................................................................................201
Index to 1999 Issues..........................................................................................................207
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