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Black and minority ethnic elderly: perspectives on long-term care
- Author:
- PATEL Nina
- Publisher:
- Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Bolton
Based on a series of seminars held in Leeds, London and Edinburgh in 1998, this paper presents the perspectives of black and minority ethnic elders, carers and managers of minority ethnic elders' organisations about long-term care for the elderly. The paper introduces the general context of care for black and minority ethnic older people, including an overview of demographic, socio-economic and health aspects. It considers the views and experiences of the seminar delegates and makes recommendations for the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care for the Elderly. The recommendations cover appropriateness of current models of care, accessing services, planning and paying for long-term care, reducing dependency and alternative models of care, and the future model of care.
Of heritage and homeland: an exploration of the feelings, needs and expectations of elders from the ethnic minorities
- Author:
- ALIBHAI-BROWN Yasmin
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a research study based of the views, feelings and needs of elders from black and minority ethnic communities.
The numbers game: black and minority ethnic elders and sheltered accommodation
- Author:
- JONES Adrian
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 160p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Report exploring what black and minority ethnic elders in Bradford, London and the West Midlands know about sheltered housing, and what will govern and influence their demand for this type of accommodation in the future. Also covers the opinions and performance of local authorities, black housing associations, and mainstream providers of sheltered accommodation.
Asian elders' knowledge and future use of community social and health services
- Authors:
- ATKIN Karl, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 14p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Discusses barriers to the use of community services by Asian elders.
Ethnic minority older people, histories of structural racism and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Authors:
- HEWITT Jenny, KAPADIA Dharmi
- Publisher:
- Runnymede Trust
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing uses the qualitative data collected during a research project, conducted as part of the COVID Race Inequalities research programme of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE), to show (1) how isolation stemming from the pandemic restrictions has affected older people’s wellbeing as well as quality of care in health and social care services; (2) the vital role that has been played by VCSE organisations in providing a lifeline for ethnic minority older people; and (3) the underlying experiences and reasons behind distrust of the vaccine and health institutions more generally. Older ethnic minority people are more at risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus and to the social difficulties exacerbated by the pandemic due to longstanding inequalities in housing, health, employment and resources. These inequalities are (both historically and today) largely structural in nature. Older ethnic minority people have been deeply affected by isolation as a result of lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The loss of social spaces, like those provided by voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, have been felt acutely by racially minoritised people in later life, who often use social spaces as a means of accessing cultural connection, support, and advice and information. The lack of digital access for some ethnic minority older people, coupled with language barriers for others, has further hindered their ability to maintain social connections and access resources and information. Vaccine hesitancy is much more complex than has been painted by media discourses. The majority of older ethnic minority people featured in our study had accepted, and indeed had received, the vaccine but described friends and family members in their community feeling distrust of the government’s motives, making historical associations with eugenics and testing done on ethnic minority people, and feeling insulted and misunderstood by the racialised messages being conveyed about the reasons for vaccine hesitancy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding the lives of older people with vision impairment
- Authors:
- PEACE Shelia, et al
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
Research findings of a study to investigate the needs and aspirations of older people with vision impairment living in community settings in England. The study, which was commissioned by Thomas Pocklington Trust and conducted by The Open University, interviewed 50 older people, including older people aged over 85 years and people from minority ethnic groups. Interviews were also carried out with paid workers, relatives and volunteers to help understand the context of peoples’ lives. Areas covered in the interviews included: visual and general health; housing; support and interaction; living at home; activities of daily living; how to spend the day; going out; social isolation and loneliness; and self-worth, pleasure and the meaning of living well. Interviews were also carried out with paid workers, relatives and volunteers to help understand the context of peoples’ lives. The briefing concludes that support from family, friends, local and national organisations can help older people with visual impairment to maintain a positive attitude and live good lives. To enable older people with visual impairment to remain in their choice of home and community they also need to access to different forms of support and to know who to contact for information and advice on housing adaptations and social support. (Edited publisher abstract)
Values important to terminally ill African American older adults in receiving hospice care
- Author:
- NOH Hyunjin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 10(4), 2014, pp.338-355.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
While racial disparity in the use of hospice care by older African Americans is widely acknowledged, little is known about the values that they consider as important in receiving health care services along with direct experiences with having these values respected by hospice care providers. Using individual, face-to-face interviews, data were collected directly from 28 African American hospice patients about their experiences in hospice care. Content analysis was used to identify and categorise themes from multiple readings of the qualitative data. Resulting themes included: dying at home, open communications, independent decision-making, autonomy in daily life, unwillingness to be a burden, and relationships. Through the initial assessment, value preferences can be explored and then shared with hospice team members to ensure that services are provided in such a way that their values and preferences are respected. (Publisher abstract)
Life disruption, life continuation: contrasting themes in the lives of African-American elders with advanced heart failure
- Authors:
- HOPP Faith Pratt, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 51(2), February 2012, pp.149-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reporting that heart failure is common among older adults and that African Americans have a higher incidence of heart failure than white people, this US study aimed to address the need for more information about how older African American people experience advanced heart failure. The participants were 35 people aged 60 years and above receiving care for advanced heart failure at a community hospital in Detroit. The study was informed by a social constructivist approach, and included a survey, focus groups and 22 individual interviews. Two major themes emerged from analysis of the qualitative data: life disruption (how heart failure is often experienced as an abrupt transition from the previous way of living) and life continuation (the ways people cope after initial diagnosis and attempt to continue life as previously lived). The article describes the findings, with quotations from the participants, and discusses the importance of greater understanding of how African Americans experience life disruption and life continuation for development of culturally appropriate practice models.
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.
Self-rated health appraisal as cultural and identity process: African American elders' health and evaluative rationales
- Authors:
- MCMULLEN Carmit K, LUBORSKY Mark R
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(4), August 2006, pp.431-438.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The authors explored self-rated health by using a meaning-centered theoretical foundation. Self-appraisals, such as self-rated health, reflect a cultural process of identity formation, whereby identities are multiple, simultaneously individual and collective, and produced by specific historical formations. Anthropological research in Philadelphia determined (a) how African American elders appraise their health, and (b) how health evaluations reflect cultural and historical experiences within a community. The study interviewed and observed 35 adults aged 65 to 80, stratified by gender and self-rated health. It then used validated theme analysis of focused interview questions against the larger data set of field notes and transcripts. The results found that health appraisal reflected a complex process of adaptation and identity. Criteria for health included: independent functioning, physical condition, control and responsibility for health, and overall feeling. Evaluative rationales that shaped health appraisals were comparisons, restricted possibilities for self-evaluation, and ways of handling adversity. Evaluative rationales mitigated undesirable health identities (including low self-reported health) and provided mechanisms for claiming desired health identities despite adversity. Describing the criteria and evaluative rationales underlying self-appraisals of health extends current understandings of self-rated health and illustrates the sociohistorical context of individual assessments of well-being.