Contents
Geriatrics and Gerontolog y International Volume 19 Issue 1, January 2019
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Tamoxifen use correlates with increased risk of hip fractures in older women with breast cancer:
A case–control study in Taiwan
S-C Hung et al. 56
Age-related changes in muscle elasticity and thickness of the lower extremities are associated with physical functions among community-dwelling older women
A Saito et al. 61
SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND PRACTICE
Completed suicide rates of older adults in 5-year age bands in Turkey between 2002 and 2013: A retrospective study
AE Altınöz et al. 66
Predictors of mortality in older patients admitted to a geriatric hospital
S Agrawal et al. 70
Associations of social frailty with loss of muscle mass and muscle weakness among community-dwelling older adults
H Makizako et al. 76
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR RESEARCH STUDY
Improving access to community support and services for persons living with dementia: Integration of home care services into primary care-based memory clinics
L Lee et al. 81
COMMENTS
Unusual case of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus initially presenting as Parinaud’s syndrome?
H Onder 83
Reply to the comments on “Unusual case of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus initially presenting as Parinaud’s syndrome?”
J-Y Lee et al. 84
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH
Prevalence and predictors of inappropriate prescribing according to the Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment version 2 criteria in older patients discharged from geriatric and internal medicine wards: A prospective observational multicenter study
M Bo et al. 5
Effects of branched-chain amino acids and vitamin D supplementation on physical function, muscle mass and strength, and nutritional status in sarcopenic older adults undergoing hospital-based rehabilitation: A multicenter randomized controlled trial
I Takeuchi et al. 12
Development of a novel convenient Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale, the ABC Dementia Scale, using item response theory
Y Umeda-Kameyama et al. 18
In-hospital mortality of pelvic ring fractures in older adults now and then: A pelvic registry study
MF Rollmann et al. 24
Results from a person-centered music intervention for individuals living with dementia
ES Ihara et al. 30
Home healthcare professionals’ perspectives on quality dimensions for home pharmaceutical care in Japan
K Fujita et al. 35
Change in number of potentially inappropriate medications impacts on the nutritional status in a convalescent rehabilitation setting
E Kose et al. 44
Associations among behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, care burden, and
family-to-work conflict of employed family caregivers
M Sakka et al. 51
