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Support for majority and minority ethnic groups at home- older people's perspectives
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, MACDONALD Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Cultural diversity and the mistreatment of older people in black and minority ethnic communities: some implications for service provision
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, AVAN Ghizala, MACINTOSH Sherry Bien
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24(3), 2012, pp.251-274.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article considers understandings and experiences of mistreatment of older people in black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. It describes a study which aimed to identify the impact of cultural diversity on understandings of mistreatment of older people and to explore the implications of these cultural factors for the provision of improved services to older people in BME communities experiencing maltreatment. The study included qualitative interviews conducted with 28 service providers and with 58 people from a wide range of BME communities. Following analysis of these interviews, a series of 7 focus groups involving community members and 1 involving service providers were conducted to explore the fit and gaps between the service providers’ views and the community experiences. The findings show that clear gaps exist between service provision and people experiencing mistreatment due to structural and contextual factors, with cultural factors having a relatively minor impact. Implications for good practice are discussed; these focus on more general processes of exclusion, both of BME older people and BME communities generally and the BME voluntary sector in particular.
Age, ethnicity and equalities: synthesising policy and practice messages from two recent studies of elder abuse in the UK
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, BOWES Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 9(2), April 2010, pp.255-265.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper, drawing on comparative discussion of two recent studies of elder abuse in the United Kingdom, outlines the how these studies fit into current policy contexts on adult safeguarding. Elder abuse among people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups is a complex issues with five key components: cross-cultural divides; professional’s lack of skill with ethnic diversity; family structures dictate that explanations of abuse vary; BME groups may experience additional exclusion through racism, compounding the effects of ageism; and finally the effects of migration, language and culture may impact abuse. Interviews were carried out with 2,111 individuals, aged 66 or older, in the UK between March and September 2006, and discussed specific experiences of abuse and maltreatment. The authors’ discussion draws out the central messages and identifies the challenges that the studies present to recent policy debates and innovations. These relate to the need to properly integrate both wider older people's issues and issues of racism and ethnicity within developments in adult safeguarding policy as well as social care services as the personalisation agenda advances.
Support for majority and minority ethnic groups at home - older people's perspectives
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, MACDONALD Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive Central Research Unit. 2000 8p
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- pp
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study compares needs and service provision from the perspectives of older people drawn from majority and minority ethnic populations in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The minority ethnic group were people of South Asian origin. The results of two studies provide insight into differences and similarities in relation to knowledge about services, access to services, experience of health care, and informal networks of support.
Mainstreaming equality: implications of the provision of support at home for majority and minority ethnic older people
- Author:
- BOWES Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 40(7), December 2006, pp.739-757.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper explores the potential impact and practical difficulties of mainstreaming equalities in support at home for minority and majority ethnic older people, drawing on two linked empirical research projects. Social care providers have long faced difficulties in catering for diversity of need. Recently, diversity within minority ethnic groups has increased, and there is now a statutory duty to promote equality. Research findings illustrate the complexity of exclusionary processes, with particular reference to the example of health care. There is a gap between the high-level commitment to mainstreaming equality and people's lived experiences. Autonomy and choice are central to community care legislation, policy and practice guidance, but in reality, the research shows that choices are limited for both minority and majority older people. More user-focused approaches and grassroots involvement may offer ways forward, despite some limitations of current models. In conclusion, the potentiality of a broad mainstreaming equality perspective is highlighted, but challenges include a need for a more grounded approach, better engagement with user groups and a need to focus on understanding issues of implementation.
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.
Family support and community care: a study of South Asian older people
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, DAR Naira, SRIVASTAVA Archana
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 97p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Explores the views of older South Asian people about their support needs, in the context of a review of existing provision. Gaps between the needs of older people and their carers and the kind of support available are identified, and ways of bridging these gaps are suggested.
Perspectives on welfare: the experiences of minority ethnic groups in Scotland
- Editors:
- BOWES Alison, SIM Duncan
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 250p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Includes papers on: the changing policy context; the demography of minority ethnic groups in Scotland; Pakistanis and social rented housing; the housing experience of minority ethnic groups in Scotland; the housing needs of older people from minority ethnic groups; the social work service and older Pakistani people; minority ethnic elders with dementia; welfare needs of minority ethnic carers of older people in Lothian; Pakistani women, general practitioners and health visitors; South Asian women's access to cervical cytology; depression in South Asian women in Scotland; and minority ethnic groups and health and social care.