1. Can we afford a further increase in life expectancy?

   • Eva Buiatti

   Editorial 25 July 2013 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Risk factors and health determinants in older Italians

   • Gino Farchi
   • Sonia Brescianini
   • the ILSA Group

   Section on Longitudinal Studies 25 July 2013 Pages: 3 - 12

3. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly

   • Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi

   Review Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 13 - 21

4. Mortality and readmission of the elderly one year after hospitalization for pneumonia

   • Richard W. Bohannon
   • Rose Maljanian
   • Jenifer Ferullo

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 22 - 25

5. Effects of chronic airway disease on health status of geriatric patients

   • Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
   • Riccardo Pistelli
   • the Sa.R.A. Study Group

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 26 - 33

6. Use of a questionnaire to screen for frailty in the elderly: An exploratory study

   • Margaret Matthews
   • Amy Lucas
   • G. Paul Eleazer

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 34 - 40

7. External hip protectors in home-dwelling older persons

   • Rauno Heikinheimo
   • Anja Jalonen-Männikkö
   • Erkki Lehtomäki

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 41 - 43

8. Can functional status, after rehabilitation, independently predict long-term mortality of hip-fractured elderly patients?

   • Yichayaou Beloosesky
   • Avraham Weiss
   • Avital Hershkovitz

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 44 - 48

9. Reliability and validity of the Functional Rating Index in older people with low back pain: Preliminary report

   • Banu Bayar
   • Kiliçhan Bayar
   • Yavuz Yakut

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 49 - 52

10. Health benefits associated with exercise habituation in older Japanese men

    • Kiyoji Tanaka
    • Tomoaki Sakai
    • Keisuke Yamabuki

    Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 53 - 59

11. Donepezil use in US nursing homes

    • Claudio Pedone
    • Kate L. Lapane
    • Roberto Bernabei

    Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 60 - 67

12. The effects of different levels of dietary restriction on non-neoplastic diseases in male Sprague-Dawley rats

    • Peter H. Duffy
    • Sherry M. Lewis
    • Angelo Turturro

    Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 68 - 78

13. Informed consent for research participation in frail older persons

    • Jeremy S. Barron
    • Patricia L. Duffey
    • Luigi Ferrucci

    Viewpoint 25 July 2013 Pages: 79 - 85