'We are not blaming anyone, but if we don't know about amenities, we cannot seek them out': black and minority older people's views on the quality of local health and personal social services in England

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'We are not blaming anyone, but if we don't know about amenities, we cannot seek them out': black and minority older people's views on the quality of local health and personal social services in England

AU - Manthorpe, Jill

AU - Iliffe, Steve

AU - Moriarty, Jo

AU - Cornes, Michelle

AU - Clough, Roger

AU - Bright, Les

AU - Rapaport, Joan

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Improving access to culturally-appropriate services and enhancing responses to the needs of older people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were among the aims of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSFOP) that was introduced in England in 2001. Progress in meeting the aims or the NSFOP was evaluated by a mid-term independent review led by the Healthcare Commission, the body responsible for regulating health-care services in England. This paper reports the consultation with older people that underpinned the evaluation. It Focuses on the views and experiences or older people From black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and or the staff that work in BME voluntary organisations. A rapid appraisal approach was used in to purposively selected local councils, and plural methods were Used, including public listening events, nominal groups and individual interviews. In total 1,839 older people participated in the consultations and 1,280 (70%) completed a monitoring form. Some 30 per cent defined themselves as ora minority ethnic background. The concerns were more about the low recognition Of culturally-specific and language needs than for the development or services exclusively for BME older people.

AB - Improving access to culturally-appropriate services and enhancing responses to the needs of older people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were among the aims of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSFOP) that was introduced in England in 2001. Progress in meeting the aims or the NSFOP was evaluated by a mid-term independent review led by the Healthcare Commission, the body responsible for regulating health-care services in England. This paper reports the consultation with older people that underpinned the evaluation. It Focuses on the views and experiences or older people From black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and or the staff that work in BME voluntary organisations. A rapid appraisal approach was used in to purposively selected local councils, and plural methods were Used, including public listening events, nominal groups and individual interviews. In total 1,839 older people participated in the consultations and 1,280 (70%) completed a monitoring form. Some 30 per cent defined themselves as ora minority ethnic background. The concerns were more about the low recognition Of culturally-specific and language needs than for the development or services exclusively for BME older people.

U2 - 10.1017/S0144686X08007502

DO - 10.1017/S0144686X08007502

M3 - Article

SN - 1469-1779

VL - 29

SP - 93

EP - 113

JO - Ageing and Society

JF - Ageing and Society

IS - 1

ER -