The Field of Adult Services

Social Work Practice and Administration

Ann C. Eller, MSW, is the Adult Prevention and Placement Services Coordinator of the North Carolina Division of Social Services. She was coordinator in the division for developing A Model for Excellence in Adult Services Administration and Social Work Practice and a supporting record-keeping system, on which this book is based. She has provided leadership in developing a family-centered approach for use by adult services social workers in public social services agencies in North Carolina. She has extensive experience as a social work consultant, trainer, and practitioner in the full range of adult, family, and children's services in the division and in a local public social services agency.

Margaret L. Morse, PhD, is the publications coordinator for Family Forum at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, and since 1989 has edited, designed, and produced many of the Center for Aging Research and Educational Services's (CARES's) contract publications for the North Carolina Divisions of Social Services and Aging. She is a graduate of University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill's Curriculum on Comparative Literature.

Gary M. Nelson, DSW, is associate professor and director of the Family Forum Program and CARES at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. He has had a long career working with aging people, focusing on adult services, care for aging individuals in rural areas, long-term care, and the role of the family. He has been a member of NASW's Subcommittee on Aging and the Family and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He is currently involved in research, teaching, and consultation on social intervention theory and practice, public services work force issues, long-term care, and organizational culture.

Dennis W. Streets, MPH, MAT, LNHA, is a clinical instructor at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and associate director of the Family Forum Program, of which CARES is a part. Since 1978 he has worked as a human services planner and trainer, program manager, consultant, and agency administrator, mostly in the field of adult and aging services. He has worked with one of North Carolina's Area Agencies on Aging; the state Division of Social Services; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; and the Evergreens, a non-profit long-term-care organization.