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The Open Door Project task force: a qualitative study on LGBT aging
- Authors:
- LANDERS Stewart, MIMIAGA Matthew J., KRINSKY Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(3), July 2010, pp.316-336.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper reports formative qualitative findings from an evaluation of the Open Door Project (ODP), a programme created by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Aging Project. The ODP represents a collaborative effort of 14 Aging Service Access Points in Massachusetts to support and participate in training activities intended to increase their cultural competence with respect to meeting the needs of LGBT older people. Data were collected from Open Door Task Force members; this included 4 focus groups that were held with a total of 22 participants, and interviews that were conducted with 12 key informants from 10 different agencies. The findings revealed that agencies took significant steps to make important and long-lasting structural changes, including changing their diversity and personnel policies, and intake forms to be LGBT inclusive; implementing ongoing staff training initiatives on LGBT issues; and actively involving leadership, including senior managers, executive directors, vendors, and Councils on Aging, in helping to create and sustain organisational change. The article concludes that ODP is an effective model to increase cultural competence in working with aging LGBT communities.
Cultural competency: a key to effective future social work with racially and ethnically diverse elders
- Author:
- MIN Jong Won
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 86(3), July 2005, pp.347-358.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The author presents information that allows a better understanding of future issues and problems facing racial/ethnic minority elders and discusses how social work can effectively and successfully address these future needs. Five specific recommendations are proposed: (a) reconceptualize race/ethnicity and diversity in social work practice, (b) identify and develop a conceptual framework for social work with racially and ethnically diverse elders, (c) consider a multidisciplinary community-oriented and neighborhood-based approach, (d) advance culturally competent gerontological social work with diverse elders, and (e) strengthen gerontological social work education with an emphasis on cultural competence.
The experiences and expectations of care and support among older migrants in the UK
- Authors:
- GIUNTOLI Gianfranco, CATTAN Mima
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 2012, pp.131-147.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This qualitative study aimed to explore the needs and expectations of older people and their carers from 8 different migrant communities and the White majority. The study was conducted in Bradford, UK, a city with a large migrant population. A total of 167 study participants (134 older people and 33 carers) aged 25-90 years were recruited. Data collection consisted of 2 phases: a total of 21 focus groups; and 53 in-depth interviews. Analysis of the findings showed that expectations could be divided into 2 types: ‘abstract expectations’, i.e. general beliefs regarding what services should be about; and ‘pragmatic expectations’, i.e. specific views about how they would like to receive care and access services. All the ethnic groups expressed 3 ‘abstract expectations’: high standards of good practice; cultural understanding; and responsiveness to individual expectations. This similarity did not imply a similarity in their preferences for how services should provide for their ‘abstract expectations’. Dignity was a central expectation for all older people in the care of their bodies. However, a number of culturally specific ‘pragmatic expectations’ emerged in the practices that older people and carers associated with maintaining dignity in older age. These differences could not always be explained as an outcome of different cultural backgrounds, but were rather linked to individual characteristics and life experiences. The relevance of these findings for culturally sensitive practice is discussed.
Exploring formal service use by older Chinese: a case study on a naturally occurring retirement community
- Author:
- LUN Man Wai Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 37(2), March 2011, pp.217-224.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A naturally occurring retirement community (NORC) develops when a considerable ratio of older to younger people live in housing clusters or neighbourhoods. This study takes advantage of a NORC in New York City to study senior service use by community-dwelling older Chinese. The study comprised a secondary analysis of data from 296 older Chinese who participated in a cross-sectional need assessment survey conducted by a NORC senior service programme between May and July 2002. The purpose of the survey was to assess seniors’ use of NORC services as well as their awareness, need, and satisfaction with the services. Regression analysis found that older age, gender and perceived needs for a welcoming attitude, English language classes, and workshops are significant predictors of service use. The results indicate that older female Chinese participants are more likely to use services. The article concludes that culturally sensitive services should be developed to improve this group’s feelings of being welcomed and to meet their needs for educational programmes.
Meeting the mental health needs of older people from black and minority ethnic communities
- Authors:
- SHAH Ajit, ADELMAN Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, November 2009, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The proportion of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups over the age of 65 has progressively increased over the last three decades in England and Wales, and now stands at 8.2 per cent. This article describes the inequality in access to mental health care in older people from BME groups and potential ways forward under the sub-headings: scale of the problem; inequality in mental health care; barriers to receiving appropriate care; recognising and tackling suicide risk; policy context; finding a way forward; and beyond psychiatry
Social work practice with ethnically and racially diverse nursing home residents and their families
- Editors:
- KOLB Patricia J., (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 259p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This book is a companion for service providers who work with ethnically and racially diverse older people and their families in nursing homes and other care settings. It provides demographic, historical, cultural and practice information to facilitate understanding of and providing services to older adults and their families. Individual chapters cover each of the following groups: African American elders; American Indian elders; Chinese American elders; Italian American elders; Japanese American elders; Korean American elders; Mexican American elders; Puerto Rican elders.
Servicing the aged and their families in the 21st century using a revised practice model
- Author:
- GREENE Roberta R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 34(1), 2001, pp.43-62.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The functional-age model of intergenerational treatment is a multifaceted theoretical framework for social workers interested in clinical practice with older adults and their families. This article describes the major factors that have led to the revision of the model, summarizes its various practice components, and explains how the revised model will aid social workers in their pursuit of strengths-based and culturally competent practice.
Meeting the primary mental health care needs of elderly Chinese people in the UK: a case for specialist provision
- Author:
- FOONG Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, pp.130-133.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the findings of a study into the knowledge and perceptions of primary mental health services among elderly Chinese people in Glasgow that found most were not satisfied with the services of which they were aware, and were unaware of other statutory and voluntary services that might help them. Proposes specialist regional centres to meet this populations cultural needs as a possible solution.
Researching social care for minority ethnic older people: implications of some Scottish research
- Authors:
- BOWES A.M., DAR N.S.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 30(3), June 2000, pp.305-321.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Explores the issues raised by research on patterns of welfare and mutual care among older Pakistani people and their families, with particular reference to their use, or lack of use of social care services. Qualitative interviews were conducted with (self-defined) minority ethnic older people, professionals in statutory services and in minority-led community-based groups. It is argued that user perspectives are essential to the development of appropriate services for minority ethnic groups. In conclusion, the need to raise these issues in other work is discussed.
Policy matters, ethnic concerns: creating a culture of change
- Author:
- PATEL Naina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(2), March 2000, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The CNEOPSA Project - Care Needs of Ethnic Older Persons with Alzheimer's - was designed to provide a map of the current and future direction of dementia care for minority ethnic older people. In this second of three articles on the findings of CNEOPSA project, the author argues that care for black and minority elders requires root and branch policy changes.