Preface / Claire M. Brody and Vicki G. Semel -- Stress and mental health in the elderly / Marilyn S. Denninger -- Psychotherapeutic interventions for older persons with dementing disorders / Michael Duffy -- Working with staff, families, and residents in an institution : review of the literature / Claire M. Brody -- Reminiscence groups with women in a nursing home / Claire M. Brody -- Mothers and daughters : caretaking and adjustment issues / Claire M. Brody -- Working with Alzheimer's disease residents of a nursing home / Claire M. Brody -- Caregiving : an overview with clinical examples / Miriam E. Lemerman -- Housing and community options / Jennifer L. Rutberg -- Therapeutic activity programs for assisted living facilities / Benjamin W. Pearce -- Individual treatment of a borderline older woman : the case of Mrs. Z. / Vicki G. Semel -- Modern psychoanalytic therapy with an aging man : the failure to attain occupational success / Vicki G. Semel -- Private practice with the aging couple : two unusual cases / Vicki G. Semel -- Countertransference and ageism : therapist reactions to the older patient / Vicki G. Semel -- The political reality of Medicare : history and treatment issues / Miriam E. Lemerman.