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Demented and mentally impaired clients from ethnic minorities
- Authors:
- BADGER Frances, CAMERON Elaine, EVERS Helen
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 17p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Analyses the main research findings relating to people of either Asian or Afro-Caribbean origin in Birmingham suffering from dementia.
The role of ethnicity in end-of-life care in care homes for older people in the UK: a literature review
- Authors:
- BADGER Frances, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Diversity in Health and Care, 6(1), March 2009, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Publishing
Care homes for older people are major providers of end-of-life care. There are over half a million deaths a year in the UK, the vast majority occurring among older people, and one in five members of the population dies in a care home. Ensuring the provision of high quality end-of-life care in care homes for older people is an important healthcare issue, and has recently been scrutinised as part of an overall review of end-of-life care in the UK. It is acknowledged that little is known either about the numbers of people from black and minority ethnic groups who are resident in care homes, or about the extent to which their end-of-life care needs are addressed in line with their specific requirements. This paper summarises the current research evidence on cultural issues relating to ethnicity in end-of-life care in care homes, identifying the need for both monitoring and research data on the experiences and perspectives of residents from black and ethnic minorities, and their family carers.