Health of the elderly
July 2008
Books on this subject are kept at WT on the shelves. A few of the most recent resources include:
Bracewell C et al. Essential facts in geriatric medicine. Radcliffe, 2005
BMA location: WT 100
Gosh P. Transcultural geriatrics : caring for elderly people of Indo-Asian Origin. Radcliffe, 2005
BMA location: WT 100
Jamison JR. Healthcare for an aging population : meeting the challenge. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2007.
BMA location: WT 31
Nicholl C. Lecture notes. Elderly care medicine. Blackwell, 2007.
BMA location: WT 100
Wattis JP, Curran S. Practical psychiatry of old age. Radcliffe, 2006
BMA location: WT 100
Woodford H. Essential geriatrics. Radcliffe, 2007.
BMA location: WT 150
Journals
Geriatrics
Advanstar Communications, ISSN 0016-867X
A monthly peer-reviewed medical journal for primary care physicians and geriatricians.
Free full-text access to all from 2001 onwards :
http://www.geri.com/geriatrics/issue/issueList.jsp?id=19
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
American Geriatric Association, ISSN 0002-8614
The journal "publishes articles that are relevant in the broadest terms to the clinical care of older persons. Such articles may span a variety of disciplines and fields and may be of immediate, intermediate, or long-term benefit to clinical practice".
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=jgs
Age and Ageing
British Geriatrics Society, ISSN 0002-0729
"Age and Ageing is an international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Its range includes research on ageing and clinical, epidemiological and psychological aspects of later life".
http://ageing.oupjournals.org/
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Karger, ISSN 1420 8008
"A unique international journal devoted to the study of cognitive dysfunction in preclinical and clinical studies. Concentrates on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea and other neurodegenerative diseases".
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=BackIssues&ProduktNr=224226&ContentOnly=false
Journals of Gerontology (series A & B)
Gerontological Society of America, ISSN 1079-5006
Publishes articles on the biological aspects of aging and articles representing the full range of medical sciences pertaining to aging.
http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/
Gerontology
Karger, ISSN 0304-324X
Covers all aspects of experimental, clinical and behavioural aging research.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=JournalHome&ProduktNr=224091&ContentOnly=false
BMA sources of information
Health and ageing: an internet resource
This web resource has been designed and written as a 'portal website': a technical resource acting as a hub of information for the medical profession interested in health and ageing. Produced by the Science and Education department of the BMA.
Health and ageing website
BMA Community Care Committee
The committee monitors policy and service trends in community care, and advises on the resolution of problems at the interface of primary and secondary health care and social care. They aim to identify unmet areas of need, and promote new approaches to care.
BMA Community Care Committee web page
Web resources
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
The AGS is a non-profit organisation of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well being of older adults. The site contains publications including the American Geriatrics Society's Complete Guide To Ageing And Health, which is aimed at a lay audience, details of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and access to the Society's guidelines, position statements and recommendations
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
Merck manual of geriatrics
A searchable online version of the Merck manual of geriatrics, aimed at health professionals and covering medical problems of the elderly. In addition, the Merck manual of health and ageing is to be published in 2004. This aims to provide information on ageing and the care of older people in words understandable by the lay public.
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/home.jsp
Other organisations and libraries
Age Concern England
Astral House
1268 London Road
London
SW16 4ER
tel: 020 8765 7200 free phone helpline: 0800 00 99 66
fax: 020 8765 7211
http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/
British Geriatrics Society
Marjory Warren House
31 St John's Square
London
EC1M 4DN
tel: 020 7608 1369
fax: 020 7608 1041
http://www.bgs.org.uk/index.htm
Centre for Policy on Ageing
25-31 Ironmonger Row
London
EC1V 3QP
tel: 020 7553 6500
fax: 020 7553 6501
email: cpa@cpa.org.uk
http://www.cpa.org.uk/
The CPA is primarily directed towards informing and influencing service providers, in order to discover and advocate what older people themselves want and need.