Preface

Celia B. Weisman

Introduction Social Work Comes of Age in the International Year of Older Persons

Sharon M. Keigher

Anne E. Fortune

Stanley L Witkin

Overview The Developing Agenda for Older Persons and Older Societies

The United Nations Principles for Older Persons

Coming of Age!

Sharon M. Keigher

The Aging Are Coming and They Are Us

Colleen M. Galambos

Anita Rosen

How ``Ripened'' Are You?

Stanley L Witkin

Towards a Society for All Ages: The International Year of Older Persons

M.C. ``Terry'' Hokenstad

I. Independence

The Role of Government in a ``Society for All Ages''

Robert B. Hudson

Marital Status and Change in Income Status 10 Years after Retirement

Martha N. Ozawa

Yat-Sang Lum

Saving Social Security and Medicare

Stephen Gorin

Differences in Net Worth between Elderly Black People and Elderly White People

Martha N. Ozawa

Huan-yui Tseng

What Families Know about Funeral-Related Costs: Implications for Social Work Practice

Mercedes Bern-Klug

David J. Ekerdt

Deborah Schild Wilkinson

II. Participation

Friendship and Social Support: The Importance of Role Identity to Aging Adults

Darcy Clay Siebert

Elizabeth J. Mutran

Donald C. Reitzes

Hospice Access and Use by African Americans: Addressing Cultural and Institutional Barriers through Participatory Action Research

Dona J. Reese

Robin E. Ahern

Shankar Nair

Joleen D. O'Faire Schrock

Claudia Warren-Wheat

The Aging of America and the Older Americans Act

Jeanette C. Takamura

III. Care

Redressing Social Exclusion

The Effect of Medicaid Coverage on Use of Health Services by Low-Income Elderly People

Yat-Sang Lum

Hong-jer Chang

Use of Health and Human Services by Community-Residing People with Dementia

Ronald W. Toseland

Philip McCallion

Todd Gerber

Caroline Dawson

Susan Gieryic

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos

Perceptions of Dementia, Caregiving, and Help Seeking among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Kathryn L. Braun

Colette V. Browne

Benefitting from Professional Social Care

The Effect of Functional Disability on Service Utilization: Implications for Long-Term Care

Lee R. Slivinske

V.L. Fitch

N.W. Wingerson

Standardized Screening of Elderly Patients' Needs for Social Work Assessment in Primary Care: Use of the SF-36

Barbara Berkman

Susan Chauncey Horky

William Holmes

Ann Daniels

Evelyn Bonander

Suzanne Sampson

Mark Robinson

Preparation for Oncology Settings: What Hospice Social Workers Say They Need

Pamela J. Kovacs

Laura R. Bronstein

The Effectiveness of Social Work with Older People and Their Families: A Meta-analysis of Conference Presentations

Amanda M. Grenier

Kevin M. Gorey

Obtaining Expert Health Care

Creating Cost-Efficient Initiatives in Social Work Practice in the Cardiac Program of an Acute Care Hospital

Catherine Kohm

Diane Neil-Pollinger

Fatima Sheriff

Short-Term Persistent Depression Following Hip Fracture: A Risk Factor and Target to Increase Resilience in Elderly People

Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman

H. David Smith

Ann Gruber-Baldini

Kathleen M. Fox

J. Richard Hebel

John Kenzora

Gerald Felsenthal

Jay Magaziner

Adequacy of Discharge Plans and Rehospitalization among Hospitalized Dementia Patients

Sherry M. Cummings

Adequacy of Home Care and Hospital Readmission for Elderly Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Enola K. Proctor

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Hong Li

Peter Dore

IV. Self-Fulfillment

African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Meredith Minkler

Custodial Grandparents in Latino Families: Patterns of Service Use and Predictors of Unmet Needs

Denise Burnette

HIV-Related Stigma in a Sample of HIV-Affected Older Female African American Caregivers

Cynthia Cannon Poindexter

Nathan L. Linsk

Husbands Caring for Wives with Dementia: A Longitudinal Study of Continuity and Change

Betty J. Kramer

V. Dignity

Choosing an Adult Foster Home or a Nursing Home: Residents' Perceptions about Decision Making and Control

James Reinardy

Rosalie A. Kane

The Social Worker in the Emerging Field of Home Care: Professional Activities and Ethical Concerns

Marcia Egan

Goldie Kadushin

Desire to Die in Terminally Ill People: A Framework for Assessment and Intervention

Ruth Anne Van Loon

Preserving End-of-Life Autonomy: The Patient Self-Determination Act and the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act

Colleen M. Galambos

Afterword

Index

About the Editors

About the Contributors