Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social work and dementia / Carole Cox -- Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's dementias / Darby Morhardt and Sandra Weintraub -- Assessments of individuals with dementia / Victoria Cottrell -- Chronic illness and dementia / Katie Maslow -- The experiences and needs of people with early-stage dementia / Lisa Snyder -- Helping families face the early stages of dementia / Daniel Kuhn -- Family care and decision making / Carol J. Whitlatch and Lynn Friss Feinberg -- Coping with Alzheimer's disease: clinical interventions with families / Cynthia Epstein -- Culture and dementia / Carole Cox -- Psychoeducational strategies for Latino caregivers / María P. Aranda and Carmen Morano -- Model programs for Asian-Americans / Nancy Emerson Lombardo -- Models from other countries: social work with people with dementia and their caregivers / Jill Manthorpe and Jo Moriarty --

Caring for persons with dementia in Australia / Teorrah Kontos -- Case management with people with dementia and their caregivers / Elizabeth Baxter -- Community mobility and dementia / Nina M. Silverstein and Lisa Peters-Beumer -- Social work and dementia care within adult day services / Jed Johnson and Marilyn Hartle -- Support groups: meeting the needs of families caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease / Edna L. Ballard -- Respite / Montgomery and Rowe -- Information to ensure quality dementia care in residential settings / Sheryl Zimmerman -- Quality care in residential settings: research into practice / Jeanne Heid-Grubman -- Concluding remarks: the challenge for social work / Carole Cox.

This book seeks to fill a major gap in the education and development of gerontological social workers whose skills are sorely needed by persons with dementia and their caregivers. Social workers, whose focus and skills relate to the individual, the environment, and the interactions between them, are perhaps the most appropriate professionals to serve the growing population of persons with dementia and their caregivers.