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I offer my special thankfulness to Professor Lisa Skemp, my dissertation chair, for her meticulous mentorship, advice, encouragement, and smiles during the doctoral training process. As a foreign student, her support was essential for me during the five years of doctoral life in the US. Special thanks are also extended to my dear dissertation committee (Dr.

The purpose of this article is to compare the advantages and limitations of developed depression assessment tools and provide recommendations for clinical staff to select an appropriate tool for use with Chinese older adults. A total of 7 Western tools translated into Chinese and 4 tools developed specifically for assessing Chinese older adults were found in 12 articles. Variability in instrument psychometric properties and cut-off scores is discussed. A reasonable strategy to efficiently assess depression in Chinese older adults is to first administer the Single Question or Geriatric Depression Scale-4 (GDS-4). If depression is likely, the Chinese GDS-15 could be used to increase the probability of identifying depression in Chinese older adults.