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‘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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2008

JILL MANTHORPE ,
STEVE ILIFFE ,
JO MORIARTY ,
MICHELLE CORNES ,
ROGER CLOUGH ,
LES BRIGHT  and
JOAN RAPAPORT
JILL MANTHORPE*
Affiliation:
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, UK.
STEVE ILIFFE
Affiliation:
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
JO MORIARTY
Affiliation:
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, UK.
MICHELLE CORNES
Affiliation:
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, UK.
ROGER CLOUGH
Affiliation:
Eskrigge Social Research Ltd, Gressingham, Lancaster, UK.
LES BRIGHT
Affiliation:
Independent Consultant, Exeter, UK.
JOAN RAPAPORT
Affiliation:
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Jill Manthorpe, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, Melbourne House, 5th Floor, 46 Aldwych, LondonWC2 4LL, UK. E-mail: jill.manthorpe@kcl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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 of 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 of older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and of the staff that work in BME voluntary organisations. A rapid appraisal approach was used in 10 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 of a minority ethnic background. The concerns were more about the low recognition of culturally-specific and language needs than for the development of services exclusively for BME older people.

Keywords

black and minority ethnic older peopleUK National Service Framework for Older Peopleconsultationhealth servicessocial care
Type
Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 93 - 113
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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