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| Using the Barnes Language Assessment with older ethnic minority groups | | Author(s) | Victoria Ramsey, Susan Stevens, Karen Bryan |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 24, no 4, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 426-431 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Screening ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | There are many issues concerning the assessment of older people from ethnic minority groups, the most significant being the language barrier experienced by those whose English is an additional language (EAL). This study aimed to test the hypothesis that EAL participants would score less well than those with English as a first language (EFL) on the sub-texts of the Barnes Language Assessment (BLA), elucidate the reasons for any such differences, and discuss the implications. The BLA was administered to 144 participants divided into sub-groups with respect to age, gender and educational background, most of whom had a working diagnosis of dementia. Subjects with English as a first language (EFL) and English as an additional language (EAL) perform differently on the Barnes Language Assessment. The differences are mainly related to levels of education. Difficulties were found in recruiting subjects from ethnic minority groups. The consequences of this and other factors are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090824008 A |
| Classmark | TK: EA: DA: 3V: 4C |
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