Publications: Books; Folts, W. Edward and Dale E. Yeatts (eds.). (1994). Housing and the Aging Population: Options for the New Century. New York: Garland Press. Folts, W. Edward, Betty Ide, Tanya Fusco-Johnson, and Jennifer C. Solomon. (1995). Aging Well: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Streib, Gordon F., W. Edward Folts, and Mary Anne Hilker. (1984). Old Homes-New Families: Shared Living for the Elderly, New York: Columbia University Press. Journals as Editor: 1996-2002 Editor, The Southwest Journal on Aging. Journals as Guest Editor: Folts, W. Edward and James Peacock. Older Volunteers and Higher Education: A New Partnership. Special Issue, Educational Gerontology: An International Journal, 32: 2006. Folts, W. Edward, Donna Wagner, and Edwin Rosenberg. Caregiving in Context: A Classroom Resource. Special Issue, Educational Gerontology: An International Journal, 20: 7, Oct-Nov, 1994. Journals as Associate Editor 1989-1991 Associate Editor, The Southwestern: The Journal of Aging in the Southwest. 1977-1978 Associate Editor, Social Perspectives: Journal of The University of Alabama School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Book Chapters: Nash, Bradley, W. Edward Kenneth B. Muir, James Peacock, and Katherine Jones (2011). Elderly Populations and the Housing Continuum. In, D.W. Marcouiller, M.B. Lapping, and O.J. Furuseth (eds.), Rural Housing and Exurbanization. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing.
The Organizational and Environmental Elements of Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, April 14-16, 1987, New Orleans, Louisiana. Predictors of Involvement in Life Activities Among Elderly Persons. Presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, April 28-May 1, 1986, Norfolk, Virginia. (With: Christine Sellers and John K. Cochran). The Hierarchical Community: Conceptualization and Adaptation to Sunbelt Retirement Communities. Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 26-30, 1985, Washington, D.C. (With: Gordon F. Streib). Practical Aspects of Housing the Elderly: The Sale of a Mobile Home Retirement Community. Presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, April 1983, Atlanta, Georgia. (With: Gordon F. Streib). The Utility and Validity of the Elderly as Key Informants. Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 10-14, 1984, San Antonio, (With: Gordon F. Streib and Anthony J. LaGreca). Process and Problems Related to in the Study of Retirement Communities. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 18-22, 1983, San Francisco, California. (With: Gordon F. Streib and Anthony J. LaGreca). The Life History of Retirement Communities: Comparative Studies of Twenty-Five Communities. Presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, September 6-10, 1981, San Francisco, California. (With: With: Gordon F. Streib and Anthony J. LaGreca). An Overview of the Available Housing Alternatives for the Well Elderly. Carolina State Office on Aging: Tenth Annual Statewide Conference on Aging, June 30, 1981, Wilmington, North Carolina. Impediments to the Establishment of Alternative Living Arrangements for the Elderly. The University of Alabama: Tenth Annual Conference on Aging, June 3-5, 1981, Eufaula, Alabama. Alternative Living Arrangements for the Elderly: The Spread of the Share-A-Home Model. Presented at the First Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, February 19-22, 1980, Atlanta, Georgia.
Invited Presentation to the Florida State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, May 16, 1983, Tallahassee, Florida. (With: Gordon F. Streib). Shared Living and the Elderly. Invited Presentation to the Human Services Section, Tennessee Valley Authority, July 9, 1980, Knoxville, Tennessee. Shared Living and the Elderly. Invited Presentation at the Summer Series on Aging, Georgia State University, July 8, 1980, Atlanta, Georgia. The Share-A-Home Model of Shared Living. Invited Seminar: Alternative Living Arrangements for the Elderly, at the University of Florida, January 19, 1980, Gainesville, Florida. (With: Gordon F. Streib and Many Anne Hilker). Research on the Diffusion of as an Alternative Living Arrangement for Older People. Invited presentation at the conference: Shared Housing for Older Persons: Research and Action, City University of New York, December 12, 1979, New York, New York. The Spread of the Share-A-Home Model of Elderly Housing. Invited presentation at the conference: Exploring Housing Options: Shared Living for Independent Older People. State University of New York at Stony Brook, December 11, 1979, Stony Brook, New York. Invited Community Presentations (Selected): The Changing Face of Aging: An Issue for the 21st Century. Public symposium presentation sponsored by the Rotary Club of Boone, Boone, North Carolina, March 10, 1998. in Context: Older Adults and Their Caregivers. Presentation sponsored by the Task Force on Aging, Western Carolina Center, Morganton, North Carolina, November 12, 1992. Caregiving in the 21st Century: Issues for Specialized Populations. Workshop conducted at Western Carolina Center, Morganton, North Carolina, November 12, 1992. The Experiences of Aging: Myth and Reality. Public symposium, Western Carolina Center, Morganton, North Carolina, February 20, 1992. Caregivers as Employees: Family Support Patterns for Frail Older People. Public symposium, First United Methodist Church, of Denton, Texas, February 24, 1991. Caregiving in the 1990s: A Family Affair. Public symposium, First United Methodist Church