Gerontological social work practice : issues, challenges, and potential / Enid Opal Cox, Elizabeth S. Kelchner, Rosemary Chapin, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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