The Family -- Across the generations: Family care dynamics into the new millennium -- Family caregiving: A problem of justice -- Family care for frail elders and norms of caregiver well-being at the turn of the twenty-first century -- Social Responsibility -- Care for elderly people in Sweden: Do cutbacks reflect changing principles or simply adjustment to economic pressure? -- Financing long-term care in the United States: Who should pay for Mom and Dad? -- The role of the government and the family in taking care of the frail elderly: A comparison of the United States and Japan -- Care -- Appropriate housing for the elderly of the United States: An integral component of their health care -- Nursing work, housekeeping issues, and the moral geography of home care -- The dilemma of prolonged engagement: Building opportunities for reciprocity among ethnic female clients and workers in elder care services -- Community mental health services for older adults in the United States -- Dementia care ethics -- Decision-making in social and medical services for patients with dementia in Japan -- Neglect -- The abuse and neglect of the elderly -- Aging, homelessness, and the law.

Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect.