1. Briefs

   Departments Pages: 4 - 14

2. Note from the editor of this section

   EditorialNotes Pages: 15 - 15

3. Status report from South Africa

   • Monica Ferreira
   • Frances Lund
   • Valerie Møller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 20

4. Status report from Ghana

   • Nana Araba Apt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 25

5. Status report from Bermuda

   • Neena L. Chappell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 29

6. Status report from Jamaica

   • Denise Eldemire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 34

7. Status report from The United States

   • Sonia Miner
   • Rose Gibson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 40

8. Elder care in Singapore

   • Tan Ngoh Tiong
   • Carl E. Bentelspacher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

9. The families of the elderly in Italy

   • Maria Lucchetti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 50

10. IFA’s second global conference draws practitioners from around the world

    • Daniel Thursz

    Conference Reports Pages: 51 - 52

11. Report from the older women’s tent at the NGO forum in Beijing

    • Susanne Paul

    Conference Reports Pages: 53 - 56

12. Information resources on aging identified

    • Charlotte Nusberg

    Special Report Pages: 57 - 58

13. New publications

    • Alan Walker
    • Toshio Tatara
    • Don Redfoot

    Departments Pages: 59 - 65

14. International conference calendar

    Departments Pages: 66 - 67