Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Introduction to geriatric care management. Ch. 1. Overview and history of geriatric care management -- Ch. 2. Ethics and geriatric care management -- Part 2. Geriatric assessment, planning, and care monitoring. Ch. 3. Psychosocial assessment -- Ch. 4. Functional assessment -- Ch. 5. Care planning and geriatric assessment -- Ch. 6. Ethnic and cultural considerations in geriatric care management -- Ch. 7. Integrating late life relocation : the role of the GCM -- Ch. 8. Incorporating a spiritual perspective into geriatric care management -- Ch. 9. Assessing and supporting the family caregiver -- Ch. 10. Supporting clients' quality of life : drawing on community, informal networks, and care manager creativity -- Ch. 11. Technologies that support aging in place --

Part 3. The business of geriatric care management : beginning, expanding or adding, and managing a geriatric care management business. Ch. 12. How to start or add a geriatric care management business -- Ch. 13. After the start-up : issues for mature care management organizations -- Ch. 14. Fee-for-service care management in not-for-profit settings -- Ch. 15. Combining a home care agency and a GCM practice -- Ch. 16. Marketing geriatric care management -- Ch. 17. Private revenue sources for the fee-based care manager : need versus demand in the private eldercare market -- Ch. 18. Care management credentialing -- Ch. 19. Preparing for emergencies -- Part 4. Clinical issues. Ch. 20. Geriatric care management : working with nearly normal aging families -- Ch. 21. Difficult families : conflict, dependence, and mutuality -- Ch. 22. Mediation and geriatric care management.