Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

© The American Geriatrics Society

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January 2005

Volume 53, Issue 1

Pages 1–181

  1. Special Editorial

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Five More Years—Thank You! (page 1)

      Thomas T. Yoshikawa

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53042.x

  2. Clinical Investigations

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Functional-Task Exercise Versus Resistance Strength Exercise to Improve Daily Function in Older Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (pages 2–10)

      Paul L. De Vreede, Monique M. Samson, Nico L. U. Van Meeteren, Sijmen A. Duursma and Harald J. J. Verhaar

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53003.x

    2. Executive Control Mediates Memory's Association with Change in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: The Freedom House Study (pages 11–17)

      Donald R. Royall, Raymond Palmer, Laura K. Chiodo and Marsha J. Polk

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53004.x

    3. A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce Prevalence of Delirium and Shorten Hospital Length of Stay (pages 18–23)

      Bruce J. Naughton, Susan Saltzman, Fadi Ramadan, Noshi Chadha, Roger Priore and Joseph M. Mylotte

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53005.x

    4. Behavioral and Mood Effects of Snoezelen Integrated into 24-Hour Dementia Care (pages 24–33)

      Julia C. M. Van Weert, Alexandra M. Van Dulmen, Peter M. M. Spreeuwenberg, Miel W. Ribbe and Jozien M. Bensing

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53006.x

    5. The Influence of Anxiety on the Progression of Disability (pages 34–39)

      Gretchen A. Brenes, Jack M. Guralnik, Jeff D. Williamson, Linda P. Fried, Crystal Simpson, Eleanor M. Simonsick and Brenda W. J. H. Penninx

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53007.x

    6. Sex Differences in the Risk of Frailty for Mortality Independent of Disability and Chronic Diseases (pages 40–47)

      Martine T. E. Puts, Paul Lips and Dorly J. H. Deeg

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53008.x

    7. Effects of a Nap on Nighttime Sleep and Waking Function in Older Subjects (pages 48–53)

      Scott S. Campbell, Patricia J. Murphy and Thomas N. Stauble

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53009.x

    8. Relationship Between Self-Assessed Masticatory Disability and 9-Year Mortality in a Cohort of Community-Residing Elderly People (pages 54–58)

      Noriyuki Nakanishi, Hideki Fukuda, Toshio Takatorige and Kozo Tatara

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53010.x

    9. Unmet Desire for Caregiver-Patient Communication and Increased Caregiver Burden (pages 59–65)

      Terri R. Fried, Elizabeth H. Bradley, John R. O'Leary and Amy L. Byers

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53011.x

    10. Qualitative Analysis of Medicare Claims in the Last 3 Years of Life: A Pilot Study (pages 66–73)

      Amber E. Barnato, Renee E. Labor, Nancy E. Freeborne, Robert L. Jayes, Diane E. Campbell and Joanne Lynn

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53012.x

  3. Brief Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Drop Attacks in Older Adults: Systematic Assessment Has a High Diagnostic Yield (pages 74–78)

      Steve W. Parry and Rose Anne Kenny

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53013.x

    2. Genetic Variant of Lactase-Persistent C/T-13910 Is Associated with Bone Fractures in Very Old Age (pages 79–82)

      Nabil S. Enattah, Raimo Sulkava, Pirjo Halonen, Kimmo Kontula and Irma Järvelä

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53014.x

    3. Alteration of a Clinically Meaningful Outcome in the Natural History of Alzheimer's Disease by Cholinesterase Inhibition (pages 83–87)

      Oscar L. Lopez, James T. Becker, Judith Saxton, Robert A. Sweet, William Klunk and Steven T. DeKosky

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53015.x

    4. Treatment Intensity and Outcome of Patients Aged 80 and Older in Intensive Care Units: A Multicenter Matched-Cohort Study (pages 88–93)

      Ariane Boumendil, Philippe Aegerter and Bertrand Guidet, the CUB-Rea Network

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53016.x

    5. Prediction of On-Road Driving Performance in Patients with Early Alzheimer's Disease (pages 94–98)

      Laura B. Brown, Brian R. Ott, George D. Papandonatos, Yunxia Sui, Rebecca E. Ready and John C. Morris

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53017.x

    6. Knowledge and Attitudes About Geriatrics of Medical Students, Internal Medicine Residents, and Geriatric Medicine Fellows (pages 99–102)

      Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Michael Nagoshi, Shellie Williams, Kamal H. Masaki and Patricia Lanoie Blanchette

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53018.x

    7. Association Between Mild Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Impaired Activities of Daily Living in Older Stroke Survivors Without Dementia (pages 103–107)

      Sally Stephens, Rose Anne Kenny, Elise Rowan, Raj N. Kalaria, Michael Bradbury, Ruth Pearce, Keith Wesnes and Clive G. Ballard

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53019.x

    8. Health-Related Quality of Life, Functional Impairment, and Healthcare Utilization by Veterans: Veterans' Quality of Life Study (pages 108–113)

      Jasvinder A. Singh, Steven J. Borowsky, Sean Nugent, Maureen Murdoch, Yanli Zhao, David B. Nelson, Robert Petzel and Kristin L. Nichol

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53020.x

    9. Treatment of Vasodepressor Carotid Sinus Syndrome with Midodrine: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study (pages 114–118)

      Allan Moore, Michael Watts, Tina Sheehy, Ann Hartnett, David Clinch and Declan Lyons

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53021.x

  4. Progress in Geriatrics

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. From Aspiration to Achievement: Assessment and Noninvasive Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Aging Men (pages 119–130)

      Allen D. Seftel

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53022.x

  5. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Attitudes of Asian-Indian Hindus Toward End-of-Life Care (pages 131–135)

      Ohm Deshpande, M. Carrington Reid and Arun S. Rao

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53025.x

  6. Education and Training

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Geriatric Content in Medical School Curricula: Results of a National Survey (pages 136–140)

      G. Paul Eleazer, Rupal Doshi, Darryl Wieland, Rebecca Boland and Victor A. Hirth

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53023.x

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      Emergency Medicine Management of the Geriatric Patient: An Educational Program for Medical Students (pages 141–145)

      Manish N. Shah, Brian Heppard, Annette Medina-Walpole, Nancy S. Clark and Robert McCann

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53024.x

  7. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Differences in Amount of Informal Care Received by Non-Hispanic Whites and Latinos in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Americans (pages 146–151)

      Carlos O. Weiss, Hector M. González, Mohammed U. Kabeto and Kenneth M. Langa

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53027.x

  8. International Health Affairs

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. A Nursing Home in Arab-Israeli Society: Targeting Utilization in a Changing Social and Economic Environment (pages 152–157)

      Khalid Suleiman and Adrian Walter-Ginzburg

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53026.x

  9. Geriatric Literature

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Women in the Middle (pages 158–160)

      Carol Levine

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53030.x

  10. Editorials

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. Drop Attacks Revisited: Yet Another Manifestation of Cardiovascular Disease? (pages 161–162)

      Michael W. Rich

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53028.x

    2. The Emperor Has No Clothes: Dementia Treatment on the Eve of the Aging Era (pages 163–164)

      Donald R. Royall

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53029.x

  11. Letters to the Editor

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. TRAMADOL/ACETAMINOPHEN COMBINATION TABLETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS (page 165)

      Howard L. Nachamie, Lynn McNicoll and David Dosa

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_1.x

    2. RESPONSE LETTER TO NACHAMIE ET AL. (pages 165–166)

      Norman R. Rosenthal, Shu-Chen Wu, Donna Jordan, Marc Kamin and Joel C. Silverfield, On behalf of the CAPSS-105 Study Group

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.t01-1-53031_1.x

    3. AROMATASE INHIBITORS AND MENTAL FUNCTION (page 166)

      Paolo Tralongo, Anna Dimari and Lazzaro Repetto

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_2.x

    4. ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS: A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING ELDERLY PATIENTS AT RISK OF HIGH RESOURCE CONSUMPTION (pages 167–168)

      Alberto Pilotto, Carlo Scarcelli, Luigi Piero D'Ambrosio, Leandro Cascavilla, Maria Grazia Longo, Antonio Greco, Leonardo Miscio and Francesco Siena

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_3.x

    5. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND RESUSCITATION PREFERENCES OF AGED PATIENTS (pages 168–170)

      Marja-Liisa Laakkonen, Kaisu H. Pitkala, Timo E. Strandberg and Reijo S. Tilvis

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_4.x

    6. CARRYING HABITS INTO OLD AGE: PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE WITHOUT MEDICAL ADVICE BY OLDER AMERICAN ADULTS (pages 170–171)

      Audrey Zarba, Carla L. Storr and Fernando A. Wagner

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_5.x

    7. CHRONIC COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH RECURRENT CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (pages 171–172)

      Hien Trinh Nguyen and Elizabeth L. Cobbs

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_6.x

    8. SAFETY OF TIROFIBAN THERAPY IN VERY OLD PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME OR NON-Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (pages 172–173)

      Christophe Graf, René Nkoulou, Véronique Trombert and Jean-Jacques Perrenoud

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_7.x

    9. DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS AND HOSPITAL COSTS IN ELDERLY DEPENDENT PATIENTS (pages 174–175)

      Renzo Rozzini, Tony Sabatini and Marco Trabucchi

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_8.x

    10. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND THE RISK OF DEMENTIA: BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS (pages 175–176)

      Renzo Rozzini, Tony Sabatini and Marco Trabucchi

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_9.x

    11. RESPONSE LETTER TO ROZZINI ET AL. (pages 176–177)

      Jose A. Luchsinger and Richard Mayeux

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.t01-1-53031_9.x

  12. Notices

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Editorial
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Progress in Geriatrics
    6. Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics
    7. Education and Training
    8. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    9. International Health Affairs
    10. Geriatric Literature
    11. Editorials
    12. Letters to the Editor
    13. Notices
    1. NOTICES (pages 178–181)

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2004 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.05301001.x

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