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Black and minority ethnic elders in the UK: health and social care research findings
- Author:
- POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON AGEING AND ETHNICITY
- Publisher:
- Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
While a steadily increasing population of minority ethnic elders has been growing in significance and visibility in the countries of Europe, the path to recognising that old age is an issue for Europe’s minorities has not been straightforward. Individuals working in the fields of race and/or ageing have, for some time, been raising the need for policy makers, social planners and professionals to examine the plethora of issues thrown up by the ageing of minority ethnic populations across Europe. It is to that need and those concerns that the MEC project addresses itself. MEC stands for minority elderly care. The research involved 10 countries, 3277 minority ethnic elders from 26 ethnic minority backgrounds, 901 health and social care professionals, 312 voluntary organisations and employed 30 or more researchers spanning 3 years.
Black and minority ethnic elders' in the UK: health and social care research findings
- Author:
- POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON AGEING AND ETHNICITY
- Publisher:
- Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The minority elderly care (MEC) project was designed and undertaken as an attempt to contribute to a health and social policy agenda relevant to the growth of the minority ethnic elderly population across Europe. The project used a tripartite approach to research into ethnicity and ageing involving service users, mainstream service suppliers, and voluntary and minority ethnic organisations catering to particular communities. This publication provides a summary of the results of the MEC project for the UK. The research comprised: interviews with 390 black and minority ethnic (BME) elders from three different ethnic communities, South Asian, Chinese/Vietnamese, and African-Caribbean; interviews with 101 social care workers in London, West Yorkshire and Scotland; and interviews with representatives from 50 organisations in London, West Yorkshire and Scotland. The document presents the data for the three different groups separately, providing comprehensive information on different perspectives of the needs of BME elders in the UK. The results include: demographic and socio-economic information; specific health needs; usage of services; problems with access to services; racism; and expectations and perceptions of health and social care services. Recommendations are provided in response to the results from each of the three different groups.