A random sample of 642 older adults in British Columbia was interviewed to identify problems with transportation, health, and finances and their awareness and use of community services. The elderly were very aware of most services, but use was related to health status, age, gender, marital status, and income. (SK)

Describes Prince George's County Department of Social Services foster home recruitment and retention program. Identifies elements necessary for the success of the program. (RJC)

Uses library research and international fieldwork to describe local social services for elderly in Hungary stating that supplemental local services are needed to compensate for inadequate universal entitlements. Concludes that current economic and political situation is unfavorable to improving benefit system. (Author/CM)

Describes the organization and efforts of the Young Parent Program. This program, coordinated by a network of representatives of parent support agencies, was designed to enhance services to teenagers who are pregnant. (RJC)

Argues for finding a common ground for the aged and disabled by focusing on cross-cutting phenomena: their prevalence, the ever-changing nature of their conditions, their reactions to both the technicalization and medicalization of their care, and the full implications of the home care revolution. (Author/ABL)

Discusses two of the most formidable bioethical challenges over the next decades which relate to disabilities and aging: elders' exercise of autonomy and the just allocation of resources to older patients. Offers suggestions for developing principles for the treatment of elders. (Author/ABL)

Examines issues in care provision by social workers to individuals affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in rural communities during each stage of HIV infection. Describes psychosocial features, client fears, and appropriate social worker responses. Considers caregivers' personal issues, including fear of contagion and exposure to…

Discusses the Independent-Living Initiative (Section 477, Title IV-E of the Social Security Act) which provides services to IV-E foster children ages 16 to 18 to help them make an easier transition to life on their own. Emphasizes the continued need for independent-living programs. (RJC)

Examined service needs from the perspective of the caregiver and the elder and explored the variables relative to how the caregiving families (N=54) function as a unit. Discusses patterns of use and need for social services by family caregivers in multigenerational households which have impact on social work practice. (Author/ABL)

Highlights difficulties faced by students with disabilities after leaving public school. Suggests ways in which special education can promote adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act in helping these students make the transition to postsecondary schooling and employment. (SK)

Discusses the legal context of child protective services that provides the framework for all inquiries and knowledge-building in the field. From this foundation, analyzes the definition of a child protective services case, describes who is served by the system, evaluates current system functioning, and identifies outcome measures. Makes…

Delineates a foster care research agenda that includes improvement of data available for foster care research; permanency planning; multiple services used by foster children; epidemiology of foster care; bonding of children with foster parents; outcomes of foster care; mental health service provision to foster children; relationship of service…

Families (n=223) enrolled in Michigan's Cash Subsidy Program for families of children with developmental disabilities were surveyed about their resources, use of services, and helpfulness of social supports. Parents saw their basic resources for daily life as adequate but viewed their time, discretionary money, and child care resources as…

Presents the viewpoints of seven social service veterans, all in the private sector, who discuss the effects of reducing welfare assistance. They respond to the question of what would happen if the government stopped adding people to the welfare rolls, i.e., no additional participants accepted for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, food…

A homeless shelter in South Bend (IN) operates in the awareness that therapy, education, and all the tools of social work are not enough in working with the homeless. Disconnectedness, fear, and mistrust are combatted through a tough love approach that rehabilitates through personal transformation. (SLD)