The instructions for contributors to International Psychogeriatrics will no longer be published in the first issue of each volume of the journal. These instructions are available as a pdf which can been downloaded after clicking on the journal information icon at the journal website (www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg/instructions) and should be read carefully by all authors who plan to submit a paper to the journal. This decision has been taken to permit increased use of journal pages which would otherwise not be available for the publication of research papers and because almost all of our contributors have internet access. In the unlikely event of potential contributors experiencing difficulty obtaining these instructions, they should contact the editorial office (ipaj-ed@unimelb.edu.au; fax + 61 3 9816 0477).