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Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Migratory Grief and Depression Among Elderly Chinese American Immigrants -- Screening for Depression in Immigrant Chinese-American Elders: Results of a Pilot Study -- Social Integration and Health Among Asian Indian Immigrants in the United States -- Stress, Coping, and Depression Among Japanese American Elders -- Do Ethnic-Specific Long Term Care Facilities Improve Resident Quality of Life? Findings from the Japanese American Community -- Leisure Activity, Ethnic Preservation, and Cultural Integration of Older Korean Americans -- Conceptions of Dementia Among Vietnamese American Caregivers -- Elder Mistreatment Among Four Asian American Groups: An Exploratory Study on Tolerance, Victim Blaming and Attitudes Toward Third-Party Intervention -- A Profile of Asian/Pacific Islander Elderly in Home Health Care -- Frail Older Persons in Nutrition Supplement Programs: A Comparative Study of African American, Asian American, and Hispanic Participants -- Index

Utilizing data from the 1992–1994 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this paper examines the question of whether three groups of older working‐age women—childless women, mothers with at least one child at home or temporarily away at school, and mothers with all their children living away from home—were different or similar in their likelihood of retirement and their actual work status. The results show that the childless group and the child‐not‐at‐home group were more likely than the child‐at‐home group to define themselves as retired, although the three groups were equally likely to engage in paid work activities. Both early childbearing history and ongoing parental financial obligations appear to influence women's willingness to assume a retiree versus a nonretiree status. The findings may reflect an emerging trend of retirement being a status symbol rather than a marker of complete cessation from the world of work.

This article examines the growing tendency of women aged 35-45 to remain single and evaluates the differences in motherhood, living arrangements, educational levels, work experience, and economic status of married and single women from 1971 to 1991. It shows that during this period, the economic status of households headed by single women, especially those headed by Black never-married women, de clined. Social service programs geared to furthering the education of single women are discussed.

Objective: This study examined the influence of oncology social workers' expectations regarding aging (ERA) and ERA with cancer (ERAC) on their clinical judgment. Methods: Oncology social workers ( N = 322) were randomly assigned to one of four vignettes describing a patient with lung cancer. The vignettes were identical except for the patent's age and gender. Structural equation modeling served as the primary tool for testing the study hypotheses. Results: Significant differences were found in clinical judgment based on patient's age, and social workers' ERA and ERAC which affected diagnostic and treatment judgment for all patients. Lack of congruence was also found between the diagnosis and treatment phases of care for older patients. Emotional reaction was more often reported for the younger patient. Conclusion: Results suggest a barrier to "whole patient" care for all cancer patients and a need for student and practitioner training to place greater emphasis on the treatment phase of patient care.