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They look after their own, don't they?
— inspection of community care services for black and ethnic minority older people | | Corporate Author | Social Services Inspectorate - SSI, Social Care Group, Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | Department of Health - DoH, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 75 pp |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 410, Wetherby, LS23 7LN. |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Black people ; Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Community care ; Social Services Departments ; Racism ; Policy ; Inspection ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The aim of this inspection was to assess the extent to which Social Services Departments' arrangements for planning and delivering community care services appropriately addressed the needs of ethnic minority older people. The fieldwork was conducted in eight local authority areas which had significant ethnic minority groups. Findings revealed some good examples of practice and service delivery, however, the variety of services available offering choice to black older people was limited and the ethnocentric nature of service provision meant that many had difficulty in having their needs met. Key messages for Social Services Departments include: services targeted at black older people should be developed; ethnic record-keeping and monitoring should be developed; more innovative strategies for information and communication to be developed together with ethnic minority communities; joint arrangements for multi-agency and multi-disciplinary assessment and care management processes for black older people should be improved; generic elder abuse policies and procedures should be further developed to address racial abuse and harassment. The report also includes good practice checklists. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980404401 B |
| Classmark | TK: TKE: I: IK: PA: PF: TMG: QAD: 3U: 6K |
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