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Contracts and commissioning
— what's happening to social care services for black and minority ethnic older people | | Author(s) | Valerie Lipman |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 19, no 2, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 85-93 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Services ; Social Services Departments ; Planning [admin] ; Qualitative Studies ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | This paper reports a mixed method study exploring current provision of targeted social care services for the growing populations of black and minority ethnic (BME) older people in England and Wales. Following a review of the policy and research literature, 12 semi-structured interviews were undertaken in 2013/2014. Most participants were recruited from BME policy and service provider organisations and organisations focusing on older people. There is some evidence that BME voluntary organisations are experiencing disproportionately greater funding cuts than mainstream voluntary service providers. Moreover, some mainstream providers reported reducing services targeted at BME older people, while others expressed the view that choices for BME older people are likely to become more limited following recent health and equalities policy changes. Practitioners should therefore contribute to data collection about protected characteristics, such as race/ethnicity to establish whether older BME people's needs are being assessed equitably; whether access to care and support is easy; and how market-shaping at local levels can ensure a range of providers. This study provides an overview of voluntary sector provision for the growing numbers of BME older people in need of care and support, which should be useful to practitioners and service commissioners. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605204 A |
| Classmark | TK: I: PF: QA6: 3DP: 82: 9 |
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