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Culturally situated accounts of care
— exploring difficulties in family care for people with dementia | | Author(s) | Liz Forbat |
| Corporate Author | School of Health and Social Welfare, Open University - OU |
| Publisher | Open University - OU, Milton Keynes, 2003 |
| Pages | 49 pp (Research in the School of Health & Social Welfare) |
| Source | School of Health & Social Welfare, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA. |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Family care ; Dementia ; Services ; Health services ; Interviewing. |
| Annotation | Members of 14 families from minority ethnic backgrounds (South Asian and African Caribbean) were interviewed about their experiences in this research, which aimed to investigate intersections of race and family dementia care. The research aimed to produce guidance for support workers regarding care across culturally and ethnically diverse populations. The study also served to highlight issues such as racism in research and service provision, including the debate on institutional racism since the publication of the Macpherson report (1999) and of the Department of Health (DH) "Race equality agenda" (2000). The report concludes that caring for someone with dementia, and identifying oneself as from a minority ethnic background, both lead to marginalisation and social exclusion, with racism and discrimination both playing a part in people's experiences of access to and use of services. Interviewees felt that practitioners needed to demonstrate more awareness of their understanding of how dementia affects not just individuals, but also whole networks of family relationships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031015206 B |
| Classmark | TK: P6:SJ: EA: I: L: 3DL |
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