1. Overview of changes
2. Chapter-by-chapter changes

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1.     Overview of changes

• Strengths-based Approach – An expanded discussion on the strengths-based approach to working with older adults is included.
• Protective Factors– An updated and expanded discussion on protective factors influencing older adult functioning.
• Cases as discussion topics – Cases are presented as discussion topics rather than as completed assessments.
• Recent health care legislation – Inclusion on material on the influence of material on the influence of recent health care legislation on older adults.

2.     Chapter-by-chapter changes

Chapter 1

• Updated statistics with most recent (2010) statistics from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics.
• Reorganized discussion of settings for social work practice to reflect continuum of care perspective.
• Condensed material on personal and professional issues.
• Expanded information on counter transference.

Chapter 2:

• Expanded material on why knowledge of the biological changes associated with aging is important to social workers.
• Condensed material on HIV/AIDS.
• Expanded section on promoting healthy aging and added protective factors.

Chapter 3:

• Includes expanded material on the psychosocial tasks of aging.
• Revised/expanded section on social theories of aging.
• Revised implications of psychosocial changes of older adults for practice.

 Chapter 4:

• Expanded material on strengths-based approach to assessment
• Integrated strengths perspective into Example of a Comprehensive Assessment.
• Sample Comprehensive Assessment is presented as a critical thinking tool for student to identify strengths and challenges rather than presenting as a completed assessment.

Chapter 5:

• Incorporated strengths perspective into discussion of depression and dementia and included protective factors.
• Updated symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.
• Reframe cases as critical thinking exercises asking for student assessment rather than as completed assessment.
• Shortened section on anxiety.

 Chapter 6:

• Shortened material on life review.
• Reorganized chapter to discuss interventions associated with specific socioemotional conditions.
• Put material on electro convulsive material from previous editions back into the chapter.
• Included simulated presence and life story approaches for treatment of dementia.

Chapter 7:

• Included discussion of complementary and alternative interventions.
• Included a section on massage therapy for older adults.

 Chapter 8:

• Updated all statistics.
• Expanded discussion of prescription drug misuse.

Chapter 9:

• Updated statistics on elder abuse and neglect.
• Expanded discussion of domestic violence as part of elder abuse.

Chapter 10:

• Condensed material on the history of spirituality/religion in social work practice.
• Added section on facilitating forgiveness.

Chapter 11:

• Expanded discussion of similarities and differences in hospice and palliative care.
• Expanded discussion of complicated and prolonged grief.

Chapter 12:

• Expanded discussion of single older adults and older adults with no children
• Updated material on care giving.

Chapter 13:

• Expanded discussion to include the impact of the Affordable Care Act.
• Expanded material on Economic Insecurity Programs for Older Adults. Specifically employment programs.

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