Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work

1.From the Editor --2.An Anguished Relationship: The White Aged Institutionalized Client and the Non-White Paraprofessional Worker --Troubled Values and Assumptions --Semantics and Reality --Like It Is --No More Cheap Hypocrisy --3.Autobiographical Notes of a Young-Old European-American Ethnic Social Gerontologist --Issues for Social Work Research and Practice --4."Around the Verge of Parting Life" : Hobart Jackson, The Stephen Smith Home, and Black Gerontology --5.Public Policies and Services for the Aged in Japan --Cultural Position of the Aged in Japan --Economic Condition of the Aged --Health Care --Work --Family Life --Future Trends --Conclusion --6.Minority Elder Maltreatment: Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Poverty --Method --Minority versus Non-Minority Profile --The Elder's Circumstances --Maltreatment Situation --Intervention Plan --Minority Within Group Differences --Black versus Hispanic --Females versus Males --Age --Official Poverty --Discussion --7.Retired Israeli Social Workers: Work, Volunteer Activities, and Satisfaction Among Retired Professionals --Method and Procedure --Results --8.The Utilization of Social Services by the Mexican-American Elderly --Conceptual Framework --Data and Methods --Measurement Section --Findings --Discussion --9.Asian American Elderly: A Neglected Minority Group --Discriminatory Legislations --Asian American Elderly of the First Generation --False Assumptions --As a Target Population --Implications for Practice --10.Self-Help: Model for Strengthening the Informal Support System of the Hispanic Elderly --Conceptual Framework --Project Description --Project Outcome and Findings --Recommendations --11.Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Background Make? --The Well-Being of Black and White Aged --Methods and Procedures --Black and White Service Consumers --Discussion.