This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as well as advances in the knowledge base which guides social work service delivery in health and aging. This includes recent enhancements in the theories of gerontology, innovations in clinical interventions, and major developments in the social policies that structure and finance health care and senior services. In addition, the policy reforms of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act set in motion a host of changes in the United States healthcare system with potentially profound implications for the programs and services which provide care to older adults and their families. In this volume, the most experienced and prominent gerontological health care scholars address a variety of populations that social workers serve, and the arenas in which they practice, followed by detailed recommendations of best practices for
an array of physical and mental health conditions. The volume's unprecedented attention to diversity, health care trends, and implications for practice, research, policy make the publication a major event in the field of gerontological social work. This is a Must-Read for all social work social work educators, practitioners, and students interested in older adults and their families.

About the Author:
Daniel Kaplan is a clinical social worker with expertise in mental and neurological disorders. His research includes both intervention and implementation studies that aims to optimize care services, clinical interventions and supportive environments for older adults with mental and neurological disorders living in the community. He holds clinical social work licensure in New York and Massachusetts, as well as an NASW certification in advanced gerontological clinical social work.

Barbara Berkman is the Rehr/Fizdale Professor Emerita of Health and Mental Health at Columbia University School of Social Work and Research Professor at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. She has directed 23 federally and foundation supported research projects focusing on geriatrics and oncology care, and is currently National Director of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholars Program. Dr. Berkman has received many awards for her research and policy efforts in health and aging, and her contribution to the geriatric health and aging knowledge base includes over 120 books, chapters, and articles.


Table of Contents:
Part A; Social Work Practice in Health & Aging; SECTION I: Assessments and Interventions; Overview __; section editors: Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich & James Lubben; Section Ia- Assessments; 1. Comprehensive Biopsychosocial Assessments: The Foundation of Social Work Practice with Older Adults __; Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich; 2. Standardized Measures and Geriatric Social Work __; Rosalie A. Kane; Section Ib- Interventions; 3. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions __; Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich; 4. Family and Group Interventions __; Roberta Green & Joyce Riley; 5. The Role of Reminiscence and Life Review in Health Aging __; Lori Daniels & James Boehnlein; 6. Strengths-Based and Solution-Focused Practice with Older Adults: New Applications __; Rosemary Chapin, Holly Nelson-Becker, Kelley MacMillan & Alicia Sellon; 7. Spirituality in Professional Practice with Older Adults __; Holly Nelson-Becker, Edward Canda & Mitsuko Nakashima; 8. Approaches to Empowering Individuals and Communities __; Kevin J. Mahoney, Erin McGaffigan, Mark Sciegaj, Karen Zgoda & Ellen Mahoney; SECTION II: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY; Overview __; section editors: Nancy Hooyman & Philip McCallion; Section IIa- Settings for Community-Based Practice; 9. Services and Settings Inspired by the Affordable Care Act __; Julie S. Darnell, Robyn L. Golden, Gayle Shier & Phyllis Mitzen; 10. Generalized and Specialized Hospitals __; Rebecca Judd & Sherry Sheffield; 11. Home Care Settings __; Kathryn G. Kietzman, Edna Naito-Chan & A.E. Benjamin; 12. Departments of Public Welfare or Social Services __; Joy Swanson Ernst & Charles A. Smith; 13. Community Mental Health Centers __; Sherry M. Cummings, Kimberly M. Cassie & Shannon M. Trecartin; 14. Senior Centers __; Philip Rozario & Manoj Pardasani; 15. Health Maintenance Organizations, Managed Care, and the Affordable Care Act __; W. June Simmons; 16. Social Service and Health Planning Agencies __; Robert Hudson; Section IIb- Social Services Available through Community Settings; 17. Case Management Services __; Matthias J. Naleppa; 18. Geriatric Care Management __; Carmen Morano, Daniel S. Gardner & Stephanie Swerdlow; 19. Counseling, Treatment, and Support Services __; Leah Maxwell & Lenard Kaye; 20. Community Aging Initiatives __; Emily A. Greenfield & Nancy Giunta; 21. Housing, Health, and Quality of Life __; Judith G. Gonyea; SECTION III: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE; Overview __; section editor: Rosalie A. Kane; 22. A Social Worker's Perspective on The History and Future of; Residential Care Settings __; Rosalie A. Kane; 23. Assisted Living Settings __; Sheryl Zimmerman, Jean Munn & Terry Koenig; 24. Nursing Homes __; Robin Bonifas, Mercedes Bern-Klug & Kelsey Simons; 25. The Long-term Care Ombudsman Program __; Patricia Ducayet & Beverley Laubert; 26. Culture Change in Long-Term Care); Wendy Lustbader & Carter Catlett Williams; 27. Long-Term Care in the Veterans Administration __; Geri Adler & Lonique Pritchett; Part B; Populations Social Workers Serve in Health & Aging; SECTION I: OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; Overview __; section editor: Amy Horowitz; 28. Older Adults with Age-Related Sensory Loss __; Cynthia Stuen & Karen Campbell; 29. Musculoskeletal Health and Functional Capabilities in Older Adults __; Helen Miltiades & Lenard W. Kaye; 30. Aging and Functional Disability __; Michelle Putnam & Stephanie P. Wladkowski; 31. Older Adults with Cancer __; Tamara J. Cadet, Julie Berrett-Abebe & Peter Maramaldi; 32. Older Adults with Cardiovascular Diseases __; Amy L. Ai & Cara Pappas; 33. Social Work Practice with Older Adults to Prevent and Control Diabetes and Complications __; Richard B. Francoeur & Alicia M. Wilson; 34. Older Adults with HIV/AIDS __; Charles A. Emlet & Anne K. Hughes; SECTION II: OLDER ADULTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS; Overview __; section editor: Ruth E. Dunkle; 35. Older Adults with Dementia __; Ronald W. Toseland, Michael Parker & Suran Ahn; 36. Mental Health Disorders in Later Life __; Zvi Gellis; 37. Older Adults with Substance/Alcohol Abuse Problems __; Tazuko Shibusawa & Stephanie Sarabia; 38. Older Adults who Hoard __; Christiana Bratiotis, Catherine Ayers & Gail Steketee; SECTION III: SPECIAL POPULATIONS; Overview __; section editor: David E. Biegel; 39. New Paradigms of Paid and Unpaid Work: Employment and Voluntarism for Older Adults in the 21st Century __; Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes & Nancy Morrow-Howell; 40. The Oldest Old __; Ruth Dunkle & Hae-Sook Jeon; 41. Caregivers to Older and Disabled Adults __; Michael W. Parker, Jan S. Greenberg, Marsha R. Malick, Gaynell M. Simpson, Eun Ha Namkung & Ronald Toseland; 42. The Crisis of Aging People in Prison: Forging a Social Work Response to the Social Determinants of Health and Justice __; Tina Maschi & Ron Aday; 43. Impoverished and Homeless Older Adults __; David E. Biegel & Amy Restorick Roberts; 44. Mistreated and Neglected Older Adults __; Joy Swanson Ernst; 45. Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities __; Elizabeth Lightfoot & Phil McCallion; SECTION IV: OLDER ADULTS FROM DIVERSE CULTURES; Overview __; section editors: Letha A. Chadiha & Philip A. Rozario; 46. Older African Americans and Other Black Populations __; Letha A. Chadiha, Philip A. Rozario, Maria P. Aranda & Andrea S. Fielding; 47. Older Asian Americans __; Jong Won Min & Ailee Moon; 48. Social Work Practice with Older Latinos in the United States: A Mental Health Perspective __; Maria Aranda; 49. American Indian/Alaska Native Elders __; Molly Tovar, David Patterson, Jordan Lewis; 50. Social Work Practice with Older Adults in Other Minority Groups __; Virginia E. Richardson & Colette V. Browne; 51. Social Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults __; Sandra Butler & Bradley Zodikoff; 52. Older Immigrants and Refugees __; Ailee Moon & Trang Hoang; 53. Global Aging in the Twenty-First Century: Prospects, Challenges and Directions for Action __; Denise Burnette & Fei Sun; SECTION V: OLDER ADULTS IN PALLIATIVE AND END_OF_LIFE CARE; Overview __; section editor: Louisa Daratsos & Judith L. Howe; 54. Social Work Practice in Palliative and End-of-Life Care __; Louisa Daratsos & Judith L. Howe; 55. The History and Development of End-of-Life Care __; Victoria H. Raveis & Deborah P. Waldrop; 56. Providing Services at the End of Life: Focusing on the Psychosocial Aspects of Dying __; Margaret Souza & Irene A. Gutheil; Part C; Policies and Regulations in Health & Aging; Overview __; section editor: Namkee Choi; 57. Private Retirement and Social Security Programs; Robert B. Hudson & Dianna DiNitto; 58. Policies Affecting Health, Mental Health and Caregiving: Medicare __; Ji Seon Lee; 59. Policies Affecting Health, Mental Health and Caregiving: Medicaid __; Colleen Galambos & Jung Sim Jun; 60. Policies Affecting Community-Based Social Services, Housing, and Transportation __; Lori Thomas; 61. Policies Related to Competency and Proxy Issues __; Kathleen H. Wilber, Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho, Adria E. Navarro & Gretchen E. Alkema; 62. Policies to Protect the Rights of Older Adults and Support Family Caregivers __; Joan K. Davitt, Lydia W. Li & Kerry A. Rastigue; Index __