About the Author

Michele J. Karel, Ph. D. , is a practitioner, clinical supervisor, and researcher in geropsychology at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. She lives in Waltham, Massachusetts. Suzann M. Ogland-Hand, Ph. D. , is a geriatric consultant and supervising geropsychologist with Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Margaret Gatz, Ph. D. , is Professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California. A leading academic in the field of geriatric mental health, she edited Emerging Issues in Mental Health and Aging (1995) after the last White House Conference on Aging and has authored more than 100 articles and chapters. She lives in Los Angeles.