1. Briefs

   BriefCommunication Pages: 2 - 8

2. The role of the elderly in development

   • Charlotte Nusberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 12

3. Service credits in the U.S. redefine notion of producers and consumers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 14

4. Canada’s new horizons program promotes self-respect and self-sufficiency

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 14

5. Productive aging and senior volunteerism: Is the U.S. experience relevant?

   • Helen K. Kerschner
   • Frances F. Butler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 19

6. “Downward mobility” as a form of phased retirement in Japan

   • Masako M. Osako

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 22

7. On retirement and pensionable ages

   • C. Nusberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 33

8. Canadian elders learn to participate in decision-making

   Announcement Pages: 37 - 37

9. Black aging in cross-cultural perspective

   Conference Reports Pages: 39 - 41

10. Client rights to social service records expand

    OriginalPaper Pages: 42 - 42

11. Law and the elderly: Report of an ICSW commission

    • I. Hoskins

    OriginalPaper Pages: 42 - 44

12. New publications

    BookReview Pages: 44 - 48

13. International conference calendar

    Events Pages: 48 - 48