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Survey of elderly and disabled members of Lancashire's ethnic minority communities; report no.1
- Authors:
- BARROW Steve, MALLATRATT Mary
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 100p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Preston
Survey carried out to discover how members of the ethnic minority communities viewed existing services and to identify any changes which would be needed to make the service more relevant to cultural and religious needs.
Survey of older Asians and non-Asians: aims and methods
- Authors:
- ATKIN Karl, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 24p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Describes research methods used in a survey which analyses General Practitioner's patients and their use or non-use of community services.
Studies of black elders - an exercise in window dressing or the groundwork for widening provision
- Authors:
- LEWANDO-HUNDT G., GRANT L.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1987, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Criticises the lack of service provision following recent surveys on ethnic minority elderly.
Coventry's ethnic minorities elderly survey: statistical appendix
- Authors:
- HUNDT Gillian., HOLLAND Bruce
- Publisher:
- Coventry Ethnic Minorities Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 54p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Summary of main results from the 1986 survey which contrasted differences in the Asian and Caribbean elderly populations within four areas of Coventry.
The ethnic minority elderly survey :method, data and applied action
- Authors:
- HOLLAND Bruce, LEWANDO-HUNT Gillian
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 60p., tables, diags., list of
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Report on a survey of West Indian pensioners in Nottingham
- Authors:
- BERRY Stewart, LEE Mike, GRIFFITHS Sue
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1981
- Pagination:
- 146p., tables bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
The feasibility of using national surveys to derive samples of older people from different ethnic groups in Britain: lessons from ‘piggy-backing’ on the family resources survey
- Author:
- SIN Hoong Chih
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 9(1), February 2006, pp.15-28.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The challenges in sampling older people from minority ethnic backgrounds are considerable. This article assesses critically an approach that involves ‘piggy-backing’ on an existing national survey in order to generate a sample. It reflects on the experience of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council under its Growing Older programme that required a representative sample of older people from different ethnic groups, including a control group of ‘white’ majority respondents. The General Household Survey, the British Household Panel Survey, the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities and the Family Resources Survey (FRS) were assessed for their suitability as ‘host’ surveys. The FRS was eventually selected and further efforts were made to assess its suitability by observing an FRS briefing session for field workers, as well as observing a field worker in action. The process of securing a sample is outlined. The lessons learnt from the experience have wider applicability and raise issues surrounding informed consent, response and attrition rates, as well as time and resource implications.
Prevalence of dementia and depression among elderly people in Black and ethnic minorities
- Authors:
- McCRACKEN C.F.M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, September 1997, pp.269-273.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study was designed to identify all elderly people of ethnic minorities living in a defined geographical area in inner-city Liverpool and to identify psychiatric morbidity and barriers to use of services. This article reports the prevalence of dementia and depression. Concludes that a complete enumeration of the elderly in ethnic minority groups is best achieved by using several different methods. Diagnosis of dementia may be misleading among those who do not speak the dominant language.
Senior centers: increasing minority participation through diversification
- Author:
- PARDASANI Manoj P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(2/3), 2004, pp.41-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the degree of influence of the racial and linguistic characteristics of staff and the availability of culturally diverse programmes on the level of minority elder participation in senior centres. Two hundred twenty senior centres, recreation clubs, nutrition sites, and local Area Agencies of Aging in New York State were surveyed and comprise the study population. The impact of factors such as the racial/ ethnic backgrounds of the senior centre staff, linguistic abilities of the staff/administrators, and the availability of culturally specific programmes on the level of participation among non-Caucasian elderly were evaluated. The study found that increasing the representation of minority staff and diverse programming, increases the level of participation of minority elders in senior centres. These findings provide the framework for recommendations to increase the representation of non-Caucasian staff in senior centers. Doing so will lead to a greater diversity of senior centre consumers and allow senior centers to reach out to traditionally under-served populations. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Age-old problems
- Authors:
- SCHARF Thomas, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a survey of older people living in Manchester, Liverpool and east London which found poverty and ignorance of the benefits available. Discusses how older people cope with poverty and how raising pensions would help local communities.