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"In our blood": respite services, family care and Asian communities in Leicester
— summary report | | Author(s) | Nick Jewson, Syd Jeffers, Virinder Kalra |
| Corporate Author | Department of Sociology, University of Leicester |
| Publisher | University of Leicester, Leicester, 2003 |
| Pages | 11 pp |
| Source | Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, Attenborough Building, Leicester LE1 7RH. Full report : www.le.ac.uk/sociology/respitecare/ |
| Keywords | Asian people ; Family care ; Needs [elderly] ; Boarding out schemes ; Social surveys ; Leicester. |
| Annotation | Older members of Asian communities are rapidly increasing in numbers and as a proportion of the total Asian population, both nationally and in Leicester. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and white Christian carers and elders were interviewed between 1999 and 2001 in three areas of Leicester - Belgrave, Highfields and Evington - chosen for their contrasting ethnic and socio-economic characteristics. This summary outlines findings on the needs of these elders and carers for respite services. Specifically, the research suggests that many Asian carers and elders do not make use of respite care in proportion to their need; various institutional barriers to access are identified. Evidence was found both for a decline in and persistence of family care, by virtue of changes in family dynamics and in the lives of family members such as daughters-in-law. The availability of culturally appropriate services which employ staff from the communities concerned, would make respites services more attractive for the Asian carers and elders in this survey. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030407205 B |
| Classmark | TKK: P6:SJ: IK: KTB: 3F: 8LEE |
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