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Articles in May, 2003 issue of Age and Ageing

• Health status and assessed need for a cohort of older people admitted to nursing and residential homes - Author Abstract
  by Ian Rothera
• Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an octogenarian: the elderly are not 'immune' - Case Report - Author Abstract
  by Geoffrey C. Cloud
• Identification of registered nursing care of residents in English nursing homes using the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument and Resource Utilisation Groups version III - MDS/RAI - RUG-III - Author Abstract
  by Iain Carpenter
• Characteristics of early fallers on elderly patient rehabilitation wards - Author Abstract
  by Michael Vassallo
• Acquisition and short-term retention of inhaler techniques require intact executive function in elderly subjects - Author Abstract
  by Stephen C. Allen
• A difficult case of inflammatory myositis - Case Report - Author Abstract
  by Craig J. Smith
• Dietary selenium intake affects cardiac susceptibility to ischaemia/reperfusion in male senescent rats - Author Abstract
  by Stephane Tanguy
• Nursing home closures: effects on capacity and reasons for closure - Author Abstract
  by Ann Netten
• Experience assessment and management of pain in people with dementia - Author Abstract
  by Maria Frampton
• An evaluation of footwear worn at the time of fall-related hip fracture - Author Abstract
  by Catherine Sherrington
• Long-standing and limiting long-standing illness in older people: associations with chronic diseases, psychosocial and environmental factors - Author Abstract
  by Salma Ayis
• Impact of age on QT interval and QT dispersion in healthy subjects: a regression analysis - Author Abstract
  by Arduino A. Mangoni
• Using prescribing indicators to measure the quality of prescribing to elderly medical in-patients - Author Abstract
  by Gwenno M. Batty
• Defecography in symptomatic older women living at home - Short Report - Author Abstract
  by Celine Savoye-Collet
• Developing the KAMA instrument - knowledge and management of abuse - Author Abstract
  by Barbora Richardson
• Performance indicators for hospital services for older people - Short Report - Author Abstract
  by Yvonne Challiner
• A new classification of higher level gait disorders in patients with cerebral multi-infarct states - Author Abstract
  by Richard Liston
• Identifying a cut-off point for normal mobility: a comparison of the timed 'up and go' test in community-dwelling and institutionalised elderly women - Author Abstract
  by Heike A. Bischoff
• Medical conditions as risk factors for pressure ulcers in an outpatient setting - Author Abstract
  by David J. Margolis
• Prevention of malnutrition in older people during and after hospitalisation: results from a randomised controlled clinical trial - Author Abstract
  by Claire Gazzotti