Mary Joy Quinn, co-author of the successful book, ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT, provides a comprehensive text on guardianship for community health and social service practitioners for their work with adults who have diminished capacities. The author introduces the subject by reporting case examples of people who are affected and the reasons for focusing on guardianships at this point in time. Other topics include the current and evolving criteria that underlay guardianships, the categories of guardians and their duties, alternatives to guardianship, the legal process of guardianship, the role of the people in the courtroom, and the role of the community practitioner in the further development of… the guardianship process. Useful appendices expand and supplement the text of the book. Table of Contents: Forewords, R. Eubanks and J.M. Otto Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction to Guardianship History of Guardianship, E.F. Wood Criteria for Guardianship The Guardians Alternatives to Guardianship Guardianship Process Guardian Accountability, S.B. Hurme Working with Guardianships Working with the Guardianship Court Looking Forward Appendices References Index