Age and Ageing articles from January 1994

Age and Ageing archives from January 1994

Bradyphrenia and parkinsonism.
January 1, 1994... The term "bradyphrenia' was introduced in 1922 by Naville [1] to describe the slowing of cognitive processing associated with parkinsonism, following pandemic encephalitis lethargica. It was almost pathognomonic of this condition, but had...

Euthanasia: the Dutch experience.
January 1, 1994... Summary Although rules about euthanasia have been developed in the Netherlands, euthanasia has not been legalized. We review the historical aspects of euthanasia, its definition and why no distinction is now made between active and...

Follow-up of a controlled trial of domiciliary stroke rehabilitation (DOMINO study).
January 1, 1994... Summary The DOMINO study compared domiciliary and hospital-based rehabilitation services for stroke patients after discharge from hospital, stratified by the hospital ward at discharge. No difference between the services had been...

How readable are the hospital information leaflets available to elderly patients?
January 1, 1994... Summary The readibility of 70 hospital information leaflets was compared with that of outside publications. Clarity of language was assessed by calculation of a 'reading score' for each document using the Gunning FOG test. Layout was...

Unsuspected bronchospasm in association with topical timolol - a common problem in elderly people: can we easily identify those affected and do cardioselective agents lead to improvement?
January 1, 1994... Summary The extent of impairment of respiratory function in a group of 52 elderly, glaucomatous patients receiving topical timolol therapy was investigated. To predict those patients who were likely to benefit from changing therapy,...

Clinical features and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Britain in relation to age.
January 1, 1994... Summary A retrospective reveiw of 110 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from the North East of England was undertaken to examine clinical features and prognosis in the 52 patients i65 years off age or more at presentation in...

Age and clinical characteristics of 1433 patients with lung cancer.
January 1, 1994... Summary A review has been conducted of 1433 patients treated by the Lung Cancer Unit of our hospital to assess the association of age with clinical characteristics of patients with lung cancer. The factors evaluated with tobacco,...

Detrusor hyperreflexia - are there two types?
January 1, 1994... Summary The concept that elderly patients with urinary incontience due to detrusor hyperreflexia an be divided into two groups with differing natural histories on the basis of the detrusor contractility found on cystometry is...

Functional profiles of healthy older persons.
January 1, 1994... Summary To learn whether the percentage of time spent at different functional levels varies as a function of age, we studied 44 older (mean age 70 years) and 46 younger (mean age 27 years) urban, community-dwelling volunteers who...

Nutritional status of elderly patients during recovery from chest infection and the role of nutritional supplementation assessed by a prospective randomized single-blind trial.
January 1, 1994... Summary We examined changes in the nutritional status of elderly patients with chest infection for a period of 3 months after discharge from hospital, including the effets of nutritional supplementation on well-being and functional...

Unrecognized visual problems amongst residents of Part III homes. (government sponsored care-houses for the elderly in United Kingdom)
January 1, 1994... Summary A survey of visual function and ophthalmic pathology of 100 residents of three residential homes for elderly people was carried out in Lambeth London. The main pathologies were detected in half of the subjects (6% were...

Heart rate and blood pressure responses to carotid sinus massage in healthy elderly subjects.
January 1, 1994... Summary The purpose of the study was to define heart rate and blood pressure responses to surpine and upright carotid sinus massage in healthy elderly subjects and thus to establish the validity of current diagnostic criteria for...

An age-related investigation of urinary tract symptoms and infection following urodynamic studies.
January 1, 1994... Summary One hundred and thirty-nine patients undergoing urodynamic investigation were studied. Urine samples taken at the time of the test and at 72 hours afterwards were cultured and data on symptoms following the test were...

The outcome of a medical examination for applicants to Leicestershire homes for older people.
January 1, 1994... Summary Mecical screening of applications to residential homes for older people has been shown to redirect inappropriate applications, although other outcomes have not been reported. This study assessed 117 applications, of whom 63%...

Is low blood pressure in elderly people just a consequence of heart disease and frailty?
January 1, 1994... Summary Low blood pressure has been associated with increased mortality in older people, but it is unclear whether the hypotention is a risk in its own right or just a marker of disease. In this study we investigated the extent to...

Review: Binswanger's disease, leukoaraiosis and dementia.
January 1, 1994... Introduction In 1894, Otto Binswanger described Encephalitis Subcorticalis Chronica Progressiva [1], a form of dimentia characterized by slowly progressive intellectual deterioration starting in the sixth decade, with intercurrent...

Geriatric Pharmacology.
January 1, 1994... Since most doctors would reckon to know something about most drugs and the conditions for which they are indicated, any special work on the subject would need to point out the important clinical differences in drug handling or action due to...

Incontinence in the Elderly.
January 1, 1994... Geriatricians are interested in practical interventions which promote continence. Readers of this books will enjoy its concise style, well-grounded in experimental and research-controlled trials. Urodynamics and bladder surgery are...

Leaving Hospital: Elderly People and Their Discharge to Community Care.
January 1, 1994... In the wake of the Community Care Act, the profession needs information on the structure and performance of organizations involved in implementing it. This report outlines the process of hospital discharge of elderly people, examines the...

Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 4th ed.
January 1, 1994... This fourth edition of Professor John Brocklehurst's internationally renowned textbook introduces Ray Tallis from Manchester and H. M. Fillit of New York to the team. The book has virtually been rewritten, although it maintains its previous...

Parkinson's Disease: Neurobehavioral Aspects.
January 1, 1994... The first of these books is a welcome addition to the literature on Parkinson's disease (PD), which reviews in detail the non-motor disorders of PD, so troublesome to patients. An introductory section gives overviews of behavioural...

Parkinson's Disease: 100 Maxims.
January 1, 1994... The first of these books is a welcome addition to the literature on Parkinson's disease (PD), which reviews in detail the non-motor disorders of PD, so troublesome to patients. An introductory section gives overviews of behavioural...

Creative Arts with Older People.
January 1, 1994... The Second Age of work and parenting has a habit of consuming human energy and catching up people in its thrall, to the extent that they are overly identified with those adult chores. Many people reach retirement without a knowledge of their...

Clinical Diversity in Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease.
January 1, 1994... The Maudsley Monograph series reports work carried out at the Institute of Psychiatry and the associated hospitals, and provides authors with the opportunity of publishing their theses and programmes of research in an extended format as well...

Who Is Responsible for My Old Age?
January 1, 1994... These two multi-author books encompass essays on theories of gerontology, social policy, international comparisons and 'how to grow old'. A few are difficult readinga for clinicians but most provide a spectrum of easily understandable...

Voices and Visions of Aging: Toward a Critical Gerontology.
January 1, 1994... These two multi-author books encompass essays on theories of gerontolgoy, social policy, international comparisons and 'how to grow old'. A few are difficult reading for clinicians but most provide a spectrum of easily understanable aspects...

There's Nobody There: Community Care of Confused Older People.
January 1, 1994... New Zealand, like most other developed countries, has embraced policies of community care for people with long-term disorders which lead to dependency. Concern is growing about the effect of those policies on relatives. Dr Anne Opie...

Dementia Touches Everyone: A Guide for Trainers and Trainees in General Practice.
January 1, 1994... We don't normally review pamphlets, but this one is so good, and so topical in view of the new arrangements for assessment of people for community care, as well as the new GP screening arrangements, that a short not seems justified. ...

Life Stories: Personal Construct Therapy with the Elderly.
January 1, 1994... My grandfather, a celebrated racounteur, counselled that, whilst one should never lie, one should always embellish the truth. Would that he were available to urge the subjects of this book to be more imaginative: 'Mrs C.'s main stories were...

Mental Health in the Nursing Home.
January 1, 1994... Good books dealing with psychiatry or mental health in nursing homes are solely needed. The worldwide phenomenon of high and increasing numbers of patients with mental disorders in nursing and residential homes places burdens on the often...

Psychiatry in the Nursing Home: Assessment, Evaluation and Intervention.
January 1, 1994... Good books dealing with psychiatry or mental health in nursing homes are sorely needed. The worldwide phenomenon of high and increasing numbers of patients with mental disorders in nursing and residential places burdens on the often...

Age Related Macular Degeneration: Principles and Practice.
January 1, 1994... Age-related macular degeneration is a major cause of visual disability especially amongst the elderly. It affects some 40% of over-75s, yet it is not a condition with which many non-ophthalmologists are very familiar. This is a most welcome...

Growing Up: Pastoral Nurture for the Later Years.
January 1, 1994... There is a fine line to be drawn beteen stating the obvious, because one cannot think of any other way to put it, and stating a well-known fact because it is an essential element in the argument. Dr Robb, who has some important things to say...

Quality Assurance: An Introduction for Health Care Professionals.
January 1, 1994... A recent consulative document from the Audit Commision, 'Minding the Qaulity', describes the emergence and establishment of the quality movement in the National Health Service. There is, at first sight, little in common between the worlds of...

Gerontology: Responding to an Ageing Society.
January 1, 1994... In his introduction to this collection of papers (published in association with the British Society of Gerontology) Kevin Morgan suggests that 'Social gerontology has moved from its lengthy concern with functionalist theory towards a more...

The Health of Elderly People: An Epidemiological Overview, 2 vols.
January 1, 1994... The first of these booklets provides summary statistics on the population, socio-demograhpics issues, health, use of health services and selected cause-specific mortality of elderly people. The data variously relate to England and Wales of...