Introduction / Barbara Berkman and Linda Krogh Harootyan
Late-life depression in nursing home residents: social work opportunities to prevent, educate, and alleviate / Margaret E. Adamek
Older adults with dementia: community-based long-term care alternatives / Jeanette Semke
The older patient at home: social work services and home health care / Ji Seon Lee and Irene A. Gutheil
Gerontological social work and case management / Matthias J. Naleppa
Self-health care by urban, African American elders / Denise Burnette and Suk-Young Kang
Physical health and economic well-being of older African American women: toward strategies of empowerment / Letha A. Chadiha and Portia Adams
Grandparents raising grandchildren / Nancy P. Kropf and Scott Wilks
Aging persons with developmental disabilities and their caregivers / Philip McCallion and Stacey R. Kolomer
Strains and gains of grandmothers raising grandchildren in the HIV pandemic / Cynthia Cannon Poindexter and Nancy Capobianco Boyer
Elder mistreatment and the role of social work / Gregory J. Paveza and Carla VandeWeerd
Standardized geriatric assessment in social work practice with older adults / Scott Miyake Geron and Faith C. Little
Cultural considerations in health care and quality of life / Peter Maramaldi and Marci Guevara
Centrality of social ties to the health and well-being of older adults / James Lubben and Melanie Gironda
Home and community-based long-term care policies and programs: the crucial role for social work practitioners and researchers in evaluation / Stephanie A. Robert
Meeting the challenges of social work practice in health care and aging in the 21st century / Daniel S. Gardner and Bradley D. Zodikoff.