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Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 2002, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Looks at how dementia among people from ethnic minority backgrounds, intermediate care, and ethical questions on the involvement of dementia sufferers are some of the recent subjects of studies on older people.
Achieving cultural competence: the challenge for clients and health care workers in a multicultural society
- Authors:
- BOMDER Bette, MARTIN Laura, MIRACLE Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 25(1), Spring 2001, pp.35-42.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Increasingly, health care practitioners are recognising the importance of culture in their interactions with clients and colleagues. As the United States population becomes more diverse, practitioners face situations in which their clients' cultural backgrounds are clearly different from their own. Argues that skills that enhance care providers' abilities to recognise different cultural values, beliefs, and practices and to address these factors in intervention are likely to lead to more successful treatment outcomes. Further, professional groups are placing greater value on such skills not only because their client populations are more diverse group of individuals is joining the ranks of health care professions.
A question of values in social work practice: working with the strengths of black adolescent females
- Author:
- STEVENS WEST Joyce
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 79(3), May 1998, pp.288-296.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Examines the foundational values of social work in current social work practices in the US with inner-city black adolescent females. Case illustrations are presented to demonstrate how social work values are actualised in direct practice and research.
Older women’s perceptions of elder maltreatment and ethical dilemmas in adult protective services: a cross-cultural exploratory study
- Authors:
- DAKIN Emily, PEARLMUTTER Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(1), January 2009, pp.15-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study is based on the themes revealed by eight focus groups conducted with 88 African American, Latina and Caucasian women aged 60 and over from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. It explored their perceptions of elder abuse and of three ethical dilemmas associated with intervention: mandatory reporting of abuse; the use of involuntary protection; and the criminalisation of elder abuse. The participants demonstrated a broad and inclusive view of elder abuse: though generally excluding self-neglect, which is responsible for most referrals to adult protective services, they extended the definition to cover societal maltreatment such as abandonment in nursing homes. In response to case vignettes, they showed strong support for protection over the wishes of clearly vulnerable adults by favouring mandatory reporting, involuntary protection and criminalisation of elder abuse. Throughout, differences in responses by ethnic and socioeconomic status are highlighted.
Care, artistry and what might be
- Author:
- GUNARATNAM Yasmin
- Journal article citation:
- Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 1(1), June 2008, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides a critical examination of cultural competence approaches, using the findings of a development project in the black voluntary sector that aimed to increase awareness of palliative care amongst older people and carers from groups most commonly referred to in the UK as being 'minority ethnic'. The project involved narrative interviews with a convenience sample of 33 older people and carers and 11 focus groups with a convenience sample of 56 health and social care professionals. The findings from the interviews suggest that assumptions about culture and about care as competence that inform cultural competence models can have significant drawbacks for both service users and health and social care professionals. The article further argues that cultural competence fails to fully recognise illness and care as occasions marked by profound moral and ethical demands.
Working with older women in research: some methods-based issues
- Authors:
- WARREN Lorna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 4(4), December 2003, pp.18-23.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article critical reflects on the experiences of working with older women from a range of communities in research. The focus is on the practicalities of setting up and carrying out the research, though implications for the process of policy-making are also briefly highlighted. The 'Older women's lives and voices' project, funded by the ESRC Growing Older (GO) Programme, aimed to find out more about the experiences of women aged 50 and over from a range of ethnic groups, focusing on the services that they use and would like to use.
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.
Respecting ethnic elders: a perspective for care providers
- Author:
- DAMON-RODRIGUEZ Jo Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 29(2/3), 1998, pp.53-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Looks at whether professionals can provide care to older persons in ways that respect not diminish their dignity.
The ethics of informed consent: implications for multicultural practice
- Authors:
- PALMER Nanci, KAUFMAN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 12(1), 2003, pp.1-25.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Although social work students and practitioners readily identify self-determination as a core value and ethical standard, they are less likely to be aware of the parameters constituting informed consent, and how it applies to the multicultural context of many therapy situations. This article draws on the areas of ethics and law to show how they intersect with the needs of a diverse, multicultural client group that encompasses the poor, the elderly, immigrants, and those in ethnic and racial minority populations. It presents informed consent as a process that enhances, supports, and facilitates personal autonomy and interpersonal and social relationships in multicultural social work practice. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Dementia matters ethnic concerns
- Authors:
- MIRZA Naheed, PATEL Naina
- Publisher:
- Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 47p. Video.
- Place of publication:
- Bradford
Presents the problems facing people from ethnic minorities with dementia in four countries: UK, Netherlands, Spain, and Finland. In all countries there is an unmet need for information, knowledge of the disease and how to access care and support. There are also cultural taboos and meanings associated with dementia which are difficult to dispel.