Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 1 of 1
Innovative methodologies: can we learn from including people with dementia from South Asian communities?
- Authors:
- WILKINSON Heather, BOWES Alison, RODRIGUES Abah
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 21(2), 2003, pp.43-53.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Examines the methods used in a feasibility study which aimed to find ways of making contact with and gaining access to people from South Asian communities with a diagnosis of dementia and to explore their experiences of service provision. The article begins by discusses the opportunities for methodological learning from the inclusion of people with dementia from South Asian communities. Argues that work in the area of dementia and minority ethnic groups does not require any fundamentally different method and is only considered innovative through its inclusion of previously excluded individuals. Outlines the routes to inclusion before discussion some of the concerns and issues encountered during the study. Concludes that inclusion in research can be seen as a series of issues about power, relevant to practice and research, where individuals previously considered too difficult to reach or impaired to include can offer important insights into their personal experiences of service use.