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Mental health services for black and minority ethnic elders in the United Kingdom
— a systematic review of innovative practice with service provision and policy implications | | Author(s) | Sarmishtha Bhattacharyya, Susan Mary Benbow |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 3, March 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2013 |
| Pages | pp 359-373 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Black people ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Services ; Social inclusion ; Social policy ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The proportion of older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in the United Kingdom is increasing steadily as the population ages. The numbers with dementia, depression and other mental health problems are predicted to increase. Government policy documents have highlighted gaps in services for BME elders and/or the need to develop culturally appropriate services in order to prevent people from BME communities from becoming socially excluded and finding services hard to access. This paper reviews published examples of innovative services and key learning points from them. Sixteen relevant papers and reports were identified and were analysed to identify learning points and implications for clinical practice and policy. Commissioning issues included were forward planning for continuing funding and mainstreaming versus specialist services. Provider management issues included were employing staff from the communities of interest, partnership and removing language barriers. Provider service issues included were education for service provider staff on the needs of BME elders, making available information in relevant languages, building on carers' and users' experiences and addressing the needs of both groups. A model for structuring understanding of the underutilisation of services by BME elders is suggested. The main emphasis in future should be to ensure that learning is shared, disseminated and applied to the benefit of all communities across the whole of the UK and elsewhere. Person-centred care is beneficial to all service users. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130215205 A |
| Classmark | TKE: F:TK: D: I: RNA: TM2: 3A:6KC |
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