Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- A Tribute to Eliza Simmons Bryant -- Introduction: Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century -- Section One: Physical and Functional Health -- Section Introduction -- 1. Public Policies and Minority Elders -- 2. Serving Minority Elders: Preventing Chronic Illness and Disability in the African American Elderly -- 3. Preventing Chronic Illness and Disability: Asian Americans -- 4. Preventing Chronic Illness and Disability Among Native American Elders -- 5. The Health of Mexican American Elderly: Selected Findings from the Hispanic EPESE -- 6. Osteoporosis Overview-Should Minorities Be Concerned? -- 7. Coronary Heart Disease in Women -- Section Two: Mental Health -- Section Introduction -- 8. Mental Health and the Future of Elders -- 9. Status of Mental Health Needs of Asian Elderly -- 10. Mental Health, Aging, and Americans of African Descent -- 11. Culture, Aging, and Mental Health -- 12. Barriers to Mental-Health-Care Access Faced by Hispanic Elderly -- Section Three: Community -- Section Introduction -- 13. Bridging the Gap: Community Solutions for Black-Elder Health Care in the 21st Century -- 14. Culturally Competent Care -- 15. Culturally Competent Care Teams -- 16. Perceptions of Community Services by African American and White Older Persons -- 17. Evaluating a Model of Successful Aging for Urban African American and White Elderly -- Epilogue: Serving Minority Elders: Directions for Future Research -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.