Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prevalence of dementia among different ethnic populations / Gwen Yeo -- Overview of psychiatric assessment with dementia patients / R. Scott Mackin ... [et al.] -- Neurocognitive assessment of dementia in African American elders / Rita Hargrave -- Assessment of cognitive status in Asians / Malcolm B. Dick, Cordula Dick-Muehlke, and Evelyn L. Teng -- Neuropsychological assessment of Hispanics elders: challenges and psychometric approaches / Dan Mungas -- American Indians, cognitive assessment, and dementia / Lori L. Jervis, C. Munro Cullum, and Spero M. Manson -- Overview of treatment alternatives for dementing illnesses / Patricia Lanoie Blanchette -- The family as the unit of assessment and treatment in work with ethnically diverse older adults with dementia / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson -- Working with African American families / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Brent E. Gibson, and Joan Detry Burke -- Working with American Indian families / Levanne R. Hendrix and Fr. Hank Swift Cloud-Lebeau -- Working with Asian Indian American families / Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil -- Working with Chinese American families / Peng-Chih Wang ... [et al.] -- Working with Filipino American families / Melen R. Mcbride -- Working with Hmong American families / Linda A. Gerdner, Xa Xavier Xiong, and Deu Yang -- Working with Japanese American families / Nancy Hikoyeda ... [et al] -- Working with Korean American families / Ailee Moon -- Working with Vietnamese American families / Jane Nha Uyen Tran, Carolee Giao Uyen Tran, and Ladson Hinton -- Working with Hispanic/Latino American families with focus on Puerto Ricans / Julián Montoro-Rodríguez, Jeff A. Small, and T. J. Mccallum -- Working with Cuban American families / Trinidad Argüelles and Soledad Argüelles -- Working with Mexican American families / Melissa A. Talamantes ... [et al.] -- Working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender families / David W. Coon and Mary H. Burleson -- Reaching diverse caregiving families through community partnerships / Elizabeth S. Edgerly and Theresa Sullivan.