The July issue of Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society is out now.
A full table of contents is available here, with editorials, research papers, reviews, short reports, case reports book reviews and more. Hot topics this issue include:
- Use and abuse of bed rails
- Management of spasticity
- Mortality in the oldest old
- Changes in the incidence of age-related disorders
- HIV infection in older people
The Editor’s Pick can be read here.
This issue’s freely accessible papers are:
- Management of spasticity revisited
- Clinically diagnosed infections predict disability in activities of daily living among the oldest-old in the general population: the Leiden 85-plus Study
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Effect of telecare on use of health and social care services: findings from the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
- Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection: magnitude of benefit on short-term mortality is greatest in older adults
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