“…A total of 40 articles that reported the results of 34 separate outcome studies of social work services in aging were reviewed (Anker-Unrever & Netting, 1995;Babins, Dillion, & Merovitz, 1988;Boult, Boult, Ebbitt, Luptak, & Kane, 1994;Burns, Nichols, Martindale-Adams, & Graney, 2000;Chase Goodman & Pynoos, 1990;Claiborne, 2003;Dhooper, Green, Huff, & AustinMurphy, 1993;Dziegielewski, 1991;Egan & Kadushin, 1999;Engelhardt et al, 1996;Epstein et al, 1998;Ferris, Steinberg, Shulman, Kahn, & Reisberg, 1987;GallagherThompson et al, 2000;Goodman, 1990;Haley, Brown, & Levine, 1987;Hussian & Lawrence, 1981;Lord & Pockett, 1998;McCallion, Toseland, & Freeman, 1999;McNeill, Nicholas, Szechy, & Lach, 1998;Mittelman et al, 1993;Montgomery & Borgotta, 1989;MorrowHowell & Becker-Kemppalssen, 1998;Naleppa & Reid, 1998;Oktay, Steinwachs, Mamon, Bone, & Fahey, 1992;Peak, Toseland, & Banks, 1995;Ponto & Berg, 1992;Rizzo, 2002;Rosen, Gilbert, & Lee, 1999;Rubin, Sizemore, Loftis, Adams-Huet, & Anderson, 1992;Rubin, Sizemore, Loftis, & Loret de Mola, 1993;Toseland, 1990;Toseland, Blanchard, & McCallion, 1995;Toseland, Labrecque, Goebel, & Whitney, 1992;Toseland et al, 2001...…”