Sherry M. Cummings, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. She is the current president of Association for Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGE-SW). Dr. Cummings was a John A. Hartford Gerontological Faculty Scholar, 2001-2003. Dr. Cummings’ research focuses on aging and mental health. Additionally, her research explores the impact of such mental health issues on familial caregivers. Her research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals in the social work, gerontological and mental health arenas.Nancy P. Kropf is Professor and Director of the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. Her area of research and scholarship is late life caregiving relationships, with the focus specifically on the older care provider. Dr. Kropf was a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar (1999-2001I). In 2000, she held a visiting endowed chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. She was the President of the Association of Gerontology Education – Social Work (AGE – SW), and is a Fellow, of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Kropf has numerous peer reviewed articles in the social work and gerontology literatures.

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• Preface Barbara Berkman1 Overview of Evidence-Based Practice with Older Adults and their Families Sherry M. Cummings and Nancy P. KropfEVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS2 Cardiac Conditions Michel D. Peck and Amy L. Ai3 Cancer Treatments Peter Maramaldi, Sheryn Dungan and Nancy Levitan Poorvu4 Arthritis Pain Eunkyung Yoon and John B. Doherty5 Diabetes Treatments Vaughn A. DeCoster6 HIV/AIDS Treatments Charles A. Emlet and R. Andrew ShippyEVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR COGNITIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES7 Depression and Anxiety Margaret E. Adamek and Greta Yoder Slater8 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Sara Sanders and Carmen Morano9 Substance Abuse Sherry M. Cummings, Brian Bride, Kimberly McClure Cassie and Ann Rawlins-ShawEVIDENCE -BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONING10 Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers Philip McCallion and Tara Nickle11 Treatment at the End of Life Deborah P. Waldrop12 Familial Caregivers of Older Adults Kimberly McClure Cassie and Sara Sanders13 Grandparent Caregivers Stacey Kolomer14 Evidence-Based Interventions with Older Adults: Concluding Thoughts Nancy P. Kropf and Sherry M. Cummings

Sherry M. Cummings, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. She is the current president of Association for Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGE-SW). Dr. Cummings was a John A. Hartford Gerontological Faculty Scholar, 2001-2003. Dr. Cummings’ research focuses on aging and mental health. Additionally, her research explores the impact of such mental health issues on familial caregivers. Her research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals in the social work, gerontological and mental health arenas.Nancy P. Kropf is Professor and Director of the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. Her area of research and scholarship is late life caregiving relationships, with the focus specifically on the older care provider. Dr. Kropf was a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar (1999-2001I). In 2000, she held a visiting endowed chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. She was the President of the Association of Gerontology Education – Social Work (AGE – SW), and is a Fellow, of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Kropf has numerous peer reviewed articles in the social work and gerontology literatures.

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• Preface Barbara Berkman1 Overview of Evidence-Based Practice with Older Adults and their Families Sherry M. Cummings and Nancy P. KropfEVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS2 Cardiac Conditions Michel D. Peck and Amy L. Ai3 Cancer Treatments Peter Maramaldi, Sheryn Dungan and Nancy Levitan Poorvu4 Arthritis Pain Eunkyung Yoon and John B. Doherty5 Diabetes Treatments Vaughn A. DeCoster6 HIV/AIDS Treatments Charles A. Emlet and R. Andrew ShippyEVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR COGNITIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES7 Depression and Anxiety Margaret E. Adamek and Greta Yoder Slater8 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Sara Sanders and Carmen Morano9 Substance Abuse Sherry M. Cummings, Brian Bride, Kimberly McClure Cassie and Ann Rawlins-ShawEVIDENCE -BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONING10 Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers Philip McCallion and Tara Nickle11 Treatment at the End of Life Deborah P. Waldrop12 Familial Caregivers of Older Adults Kimberly McClure Cassie and Sara Sanders13 Grandparent Caregivers Stacey Kolomer14 Evidence-Based Interventions with Older Adults: Concluding Thoughts Nancy P. Kropf and Sherry M. Cummings