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| Taking the community into the home | | Author(s) | Joy Notter, Truus Spijker, Koos Stomp |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 5, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 448-453 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Community care ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The changing demographics of the population are such that there is an increasing need for care for frail older people with both physical and mental health problems. At the same time, the increased migration of workers and their families mean that care provision now has to embrace a range of cultures. This paper explores how the concept of cultural safety has importance for those planning and providing care for older people. The recognition that removing individuals with mental health problems from their own environment causes increased disorientation and confusion has led to some organisations trying to maintain the community aspects of life when independent living is no longer possible. This paper focuses on two such organisations in the Netherlands, demonstrating how they have changed their practice to improve and enhance quality of life of their clientele through "taking the community into the home". These are: Hogewey, in Weesp, near Amsterdam, which caters for those with dementia; and De Schildershoek, a nursing home in a very deprived, multiethnic community in The Hague. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130206 A |
| Classmark | TK: PA: 76H |
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