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| Meeting the needs of Chinese older people | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, no 920, September 2000 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, September 2000 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Needs [elderly] ; Usage [services] ; Isolation ; Social surveys ; South Yorkshire ; London ; Glasgow. |
| Annotation | Work with Chinese older people has found that many of them are isolated from both the Chinese community and mainstream society. This is a summary of Wai Kam Yu's report, "Chinese older people: a need for social inclusion in two communities" (Policy Press, 2000). The study examined the caring needs of Chinese older people from a user's perspective, and examined a number of aspects of life for the Chinese community as they affect older people. 100 Chinese older people in South Yorkshire, London and Glasgow were interviewed, either individually or in focus groups. Common causes of their detachment from the mainstream included: language barriers; insufficient knowledge of social and public services; lack of awareness of social rights; low expectations of their life in the UK; negative experience of retirement; poor mental and physical health; and poor self-image. Focus groups suggested that services needed to look at increasing Chinese older people's participation in society, raising the visibility of their needs, improving access to services, raising expectations of retirement, and encouraging life-long learning. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000919201 B |
| Classmark | TKL: IK: QLD: TP: 3F: 85: 82L: 9WC |
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