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Workforce ethnic diversity in older people’s care services: thinking back and thinking ahead in COVID-19 times
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 25(2), 2021, pp.170-178.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing, structural race inequality in Britain. This paper aims to review historic patterns of ethnic diversity among the workforce employed in services for older people to present some of the lessons that can be learned from the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: A historical overview was undertaken of research about ethnic diversity in the social care workforce. Findings: Too often, the ethnic diversity of the social care workforce has been taken as evidence that structural racial inequalities do not exist. Early evidence about the impact of coronavirus on workers from black and minority ethnic groups has led to initiatives aimed at reducing risk among social care employers in the independent sector and in local government. This offers a blueprint for further initiatives aimed at reducing ethnic inequalities and promoting ethnic diversity among the workforce supporting older people. Research limitations/implications: The increasing ethnic diversity of the older population and the UK labour force highlights the importance of efforts to address what is effective in reducing ethnic inequalities and what works in improving ethnic diversity within the social care workforce and among those using social care services for older people. Originality/value: The ethnic makeup of the workforce reflects a complex reality based on multiple factors, including historical patterns of migration and gender and ethnic inequalities in the UK labour market. (Edited publisher abstract)
Handyperson schemes and the Equality Act 2010
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 16(3/4), 2013, pp.114-125.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore whether handyperson services are able to meet the needs of diverse groups of older people, specifically in the UK policy context, to meet the requirements of the Equality Act (2010). Design/methodology/approach: The scoping review of the literature was conducted in 2012 using a wide range of literature from the UK. Findings: In an under-researched field it is difficult for policy makers to determine whether handyperson schemes and their associated services are accessible to and being used by all sections of the older population. Schemes do not generally collect and report data about their users. Research limitations/implications: The scoping review concentrates on UK literature. There are a variety of handyperson schemes and they operate in different ways with different criteria and priorities. Some of the accounts of handyperson schemes provide little data about user characteristics. Practical implications – The paper suggests how handyperson schemes may be able to meet the requirements of the Equality Act (2010) by outlining what data are needed and approaches to gathering it sensitively and proportionally. Originality/value: The paper is the first to consider the implications of the Equality Act for handyperson schemes, which may be relevant to other housing and care services. (Publisher abstract)
Black and minority ethnic older people and mental well-being: possibilities for practice
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo, STEVENS Martin, HUSSEIN Shereen, SHARIF Nadira
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 14(4), December 2010, pp.32-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Drawing on findings from a practice enquiry, the authors discuss examples of arrangements and practice approaches which focus on mental well being of black and minority ethnic (BME) older people. The practice enquiry interviews over 80 practitioners, managers, older people and carers from four parts of the UK over 2009-2010. Practice from a range of different social care settings (including voluntary and community groups, sheltered housing, day care and care management) were covered. Respondents described and reflected on the support for older people from BME backgrounds, particularly focusing on how they might promote mental well-being. Practitioners emphasised the importance of talking to BME older people to determine what they wanted and what they might choose to support their mental well-being. They generally felt training was welcome but that it needed to recognise the local context and the reality of social care practice. Practitioners often lacked confidence in working with BME older people if they were not in areas where they are regular service users. Many of the practitioners were working in isolation without access to skilled support. Implications for practice are briefly discussed.
The health and social care experiences of black and minority ethnic older people
- Author:
- MORIARTY Jo
- Publisher:
- Race Equality Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper summarises experiences and barriers to accessing services for BME older people, including lack of information, language difficulties, and differing expectations about how services can help.
How to give carers a break
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(3), May 1995, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Respite care services must adapt to the changing needs of users and carers. Looks at the results of research undertaken by the authors to find out the extent and types of respite care available and the purposes and benefits of respite care.
Programme of research on community care: an evaluation of community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, PAHL Jan, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines a 3 year research programme which aims to: describe a sample of people with dementia who have been referred to, and assessed by, their local social services department; collect information on the community care services received over a period of a year, in terms of the numbers and types used, their duration, stability and costs, and the effectiveness of differing combinations of services or packages; and to evaluate these services in terms of their ability to meet the needs and preferences of the people in the sample and their carers.
The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MORIARTY Jo, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide focuses on how practitioners and managers in social care can initiate and sustain the participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care. Although it has been designed mainly for practitioners and managers in social care, the guide will be useful to everyone involved in promoting service user participation, including people using services and family carers. Service users now play an increasingly important role in efforts to improve social care services. This guide focuses on how practitioners can initiate and sustain the participation of adult service users, in ways that empower service users and reflect a shared commitment to developing social care services in a more democratic way. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 11).
Examining day centre provision for older people in the UK using the Equality Act 2010: findings of a scoping review
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(4), 2014, pp.352-360.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports the findings from a literature review of day care services undertaken during March–June 2012 and repeated in May 2013. The databases searched included AgeInfo, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, Social Care Online, Web of Science and the publication platform Ingenta Connect as well as specialist older people's sites. It discusses these findings in the context of services for older people in the UK, defined as those aged 65 years and over. The aim of the scoping review was to identify what is known about how day services (here confined to congregate day care or day centres) will meet the challenges posed by the Equality Act 2010 in supporting different user groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older people or older people from minority ethnic groups. The review found that research on all aspects of day services was limited and that information about older people using such services was often provided context-free. It concludes that those funding or evaluating day services' support to diverse groups of older people need to urgently address matters such as differential access and differential views about specific services. (Publisher abstract)
Opportunity knocks: exploring the links between day opportunities and equal opportunities
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 25(5), 2013, pp.317-333.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The term ‘day opportunities’ is used in the context of personalisation in England to refer to alternatives to day centres. This article employs the lens of legislation on equalities to comment on access to day opportunities by different groups of eligible older people. It reports and discusses findings from a scoping review of the literature conducted in 2012 and updated in 2013 which searched for research and ‘grey literature’ material. Findings from the scoping review are presented using the different elements of the Equalities Act 2010. The authors conclude that social workers need to be aware of definitions when describing what is being suggested as part of a support plan or reviewed in the context of desired outcomes. Attention is drawn to the need to think about levels of needs and access to any day opportunity. Social workers are well placed to identify whether these changes have a differential impact on certain groups. This exploration of the literature on user experiences and outcomes from day opportunities may be helpful to social work practice and scholarship. (Publisher abstract)
Promoting the use of diverse sources of evidence: evaluating progress in the provision of services for people with dementia and their carers
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Evidence and Policy, 3(3), August 2007, pp.385-405.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article reports on an innovatory partnership between regulatory bodies and researchers to assess progress in improving NHS, local authority and other services for older people in 10 different parts of England. It discusses how consultation exercises held as part of local inspections that fed into a national review of the National Service Framework for Older People may enlarge the evidence base for planning and service improvement purposes. The results provide an example of the need for greater debate about different sources of evidence in health and social care. There is comparatively little recent UK research-based evidence on what people with dementia and their carers think about the services they receive and policy makers may need to draw on wide-ranging sources of evidence if they are to make necessary service improvements and to develop policy initiatives.