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South Asian older adults with memory impairment
— improving asessment and access to dementia care | | Author(s) | Clarissa M Giebel, Maria Zubair, David Jolley |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 30, no 4, April 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, April 2015 |
| Pages | pp 345-356 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory disorders ; Asian people ; Mental health [elderly] ; Usage [services] ; Evaluation ; England. |
| Annotation | With increasing international migration, the mental health care of migrants and ethnic minorities is a public health priority. South Asian older adults experience difficulties in accessing services for memory impairment, dementia and mental illness. This review aimed to examine barriers and facilitators in the pathway to culturally appropriate mental health care. A literature search of appropriate databases was carried out covering the period from 1984 through to 2012. 18 studies met the eligibility criteria for the review. South Asians and health professionals highlighted several difficulties which deterred help seeking and access to care: a lack of knowledge of dementia and mental illness and of local services; stigma; culturally preferred coping strategies; and linguistic and cultural barriers in communication and decision making. To improve access for these groups, service users and providers need to be better informed: services need to be more culturally tailored, sometimes employing staff with similar cultural backgrounds; health professionals can benefit from dementia education and knowledge of local services. These factors are key to the delivery of the National Dementia Strategy in England. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529272 A |
| Classmark | EA: EH: TKK: D: QLD: 4C: 82 |
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