PART ONE: CONTEXT/Older People and Society/The History and Development of Social Work/PART TWO: POLICY/Community Care Policy/PartnershipCollaboration and Inter-Professional Working/Social Work and Health Care/Historical Connections/PART THREE:PRACTICE/The Developing Social Work Role with Older People/The Social Work Role in Assessment of Older People/Care Management and Social Work/A Marriage Made in Heaven?/Intermediate Care/Social Work - The Forgotten Profession?