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Is it racism? — skepticism and resistance towards ethnic minority care workers among older care recipients
Author(s)	Håkan Jönson
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 49, no 4, 2007
Pages	pp 79-96
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Care support workers ; Domiciliary services ; Attitude ; Racism ; Sweden.
Annotation	Twelve representatives of caregiver organisations in a municipality in Sweden were interviewed about their experiences of scepticism and resistance towards ethnic minority care workers by older care recipients. Three additional interviews were conducted with ethnic minority care workers. Representatives described the problem as rare and mostly occurring as language difficulties or as a temporary problem characterised as a fear of of the unknown among some care recipients. They tended to apply a pragmatic or pathologising approach when talking about causes of and solutions to the problem. These approaches enabled care providers to comply with "potential racism" without challenging an official ideology of anti-racism. In contrast, staff of foreign descent described the problem as more frequent and severe, particularly for short-term employees who experience many first-time encounters with care recipients. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071126219 A
Classmark	TK: QRS: N: DP: TMG: 76P
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