End-of-Life Issues

• The NC Cooperative Extension Service provides both printed booklets and information at their web site on living wills and health care power of attorney, including model forms for each.
• Starting in November 1997, National Public Radio began airing a series of programs on "The End of Life: Exploring Death in America," and they have created an extensive web site (http://www.npr.org/programs/death/) with transcripts of the programs, lists of organizations that can help people facing end-of-life issues, a bibliography, readings about death and dying, and personal stories from visitors to this web site.
• The Public Broadcasting System aired a program entitled, "Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices" in April 1997. Television station WNET's web site, (http://www.wnet.org/archive/bid/p-description.html) provides transcripts of the program. The case of "Alan Russo" provides the spark for a discussion on advance directives.

Mediation

• The Mediation Network of North Carolina, http://www.mnnc.org.

Adult Protective Services and Elder Abuse

• Administration on Aging page on Elder Abuse Prevention and Treatment. This page includes links to the The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study (September 1998).
• The National Center on Elder Abuse provides a page with information on various types of abuse, including self-neglect.

Alcohol Use and Older People

• AARP, on Alcohol Abuse, http://www.aarp.org/getans/consumer/alcobuse.html
• About.com, http://alcoholism.miningco.com contains many useful articles from various sources.
• Blow, F. C. 1998. Substance Abuse among Older Adults. USDHHS Publication no. (SMA) 98-3179. (http://www.health.org/survey/26.htm. Warning: this site has very bad navigation among the pages.).
• Community Health Alliance. [No date.] Older Adult Screening Tests. (http://www.chemicaldependency.org/factsheets/oldrasmt.html.) The CAGE and an on-line version of the MAST-G.
• Hazelden Foundation. How to Talk to an Older Person Who Has a Problem with Alcohol or Medications. (http://www.hazelden.org/newsletter_detail.dbm?id=174). Aimed at family members, this article challenges misconceptions, identifies signs of a problem, and suggests ways to talk about it.
• National Council on the Aging (NCOA). 1999. Alcohol and Aging. (http://www.ncoa.org/subabuse/alcohol_abuse_01.htm).
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/).
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), http://www.health.org/
• SAMHSA's National Directory of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment and Prevention Programs, http://www.health.org/search/treatdir97.htm (searchable by city, state, and zip code).
• Standridge, J. 1994. Revised 1998. Alcohol Abuse in the Elderly. (http://www.sma.org/medbytes/gm_9.htm).

Ethics: Values in Action

• The NASW Code of Ethics. 1997. Go to http://www.naswdc.org/CODE.HTM to read it on line or download it as a MS Word file.
• Principles for Family-Centered Practice in Adult Services. 1997. Go to http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/fcprinc.htm to read them on line.
• Holstein, Martha, and Phyllis Mitzen, eds. 1998. Ethics and aging: Bringing the issues home. Generations 22(3). This entire issue contains articles concerning ethics and the care of older people. Go to http://www.asaging.org/generations/gen.html to read Holstein and Mitzen’s introduction on line.
• In Generations 22(3), June L. Noel's article, “Florida’s Ethics and Aging Initiative,” mentions a website that has suggestions and guidelines for developing community-based ethics committees for providers of aging services. This site, at http://grants.cohpa.ucf.edu/age-ethics/, also provides case examples with commentary.
• Several issues of The New Social Worker contain articles on the NASW Code, prepared by Kimberly Strom-Gottfried and Katherine Dunlap, of the UNC School of Social Work faculty. You can order back issues of this magazine on line at http://www.socialworker.com/backissu.htm.
• The NC Legislature, Duke Endowment, and Cannon Foundation make full-text versions of articles in many professional journals available over the Web through NC Live (http://www.nclive.org/). Consult a librarian at your local public library or community college to use this data base or to obtain a your own password for using it on your personal computer.
• For a calendar of continuing education events in North Carolina, see http://members.aol.com/naswnc/ceu.htm, maintained by the North Carolina chapter of NASW.