Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and history of geriatric care management -- Ethics and care management -- Psychosocial assessment in care management -- Functional assessment -- Care planning and geriatric assessment -- Ethnic and cultural considerations in care management -- Moving an elder or late life relocation : the role of the care manager -- Spirituality -- Assessing and supporting the family caregiver -- Supporting clients' quality of life : drawing on community, informal netowrks and care manager creativity -- Technologies that support aging in place -- Maximizing the health and well-being of older veterans -- How to start or add a care management business -- After the start-up : growing a care management business -- Fee-for-service care management in not-for-profit settings -- Combining a PDHC agency and a care management practice -- Marketing care management -- Private revenue sources for the fee based care manager : need versus demand in the private elder-care market -- Care management credentialing -- Preparing for emergencies -- Depression and the older adult : the role of the care manager -- Care management : working with nearly normal aging families -- Family conflict, dependence, and mutuality : care meanagment with the difficult aging family -- Mediation and care management.