Gerontological social work practice: issues, challenges, and potential

Preface / Enid Opal Cox

Towards a New Era in Aging and Social Work / Jeanette C. Takamura

Multiculturalism, Social Policy and the New Aging / Fernando Torres-Gil and Karra Bikson Moga

Gerontological Social Work Practice: A Canadian Perspective / Lilian M. Wells and Laura E. Taylor

Challenges and Issues Under Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly in Japan / Miyuki Inaba

Gerontological Social Work Research: Current Status and Future Directions / Nancy Morrow-Howell and Denise Burnette

Demographics and Reality: The "Disconnect" in Social Work Education / Anita L. Rosen and Joan Levy Zlotnik

Mental Health Services Policy and the Aging / Brian Kaskie and Carroll L. Estes

Social Work with Older Adults in Health Care and Residential Settings in the New Millennium: A Return to the Past / Elizabeth S. Kelchner

Challenges in Elder Mistreatment Programs and Policy / Paulette St. James

Gerontological Social Work with Older African American Adults / Marvella E. Ford and Bonnie Hatchett

Older Workers' Issues and Social Work Practice / Alberta Dooley

Changing the Paradigm: Strengths-Based and Empowerment-Oriented Social Work with Frail Elders / Rosemary Chapin and Enid Opal Cox

Death and Dying and the Social Work Role / Katharine R. Hobart.