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Drawing on previously unexamined archival letters and documents, this article presents a professional and personal perspective on Thornton's life. Restoring her to the historical record on hospital social work brings into focus the foundations of present-day social work practice in health care settings and adds new insights into the role of women in the burgeoning profession.

In-home psychiatric services for the elderly are a necessary alternative to traditional forms of mental health care delivery for the comorbid medically ill, the psychiatrically homebound, and those noncompliant with standard outpatient care. This article discusses the different models of in-home psychiatric services. The current Medicare guidelines defining eligibility exclude a sizable proportion of individuals in need of these services. Randomized clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of in-home psychiatric care in the elderly have not yet been conducted.