Anyone aware of cultural differences (within the UK and outside) in identifying and caring for people with dementia?....
Thanks, Karen (TF), x
Thanks, Karen (TF), x
Tender Face said:Anyone aware of cultural differences (within the UK and outside) in identifying and caring for people with dementia?....
Thanks, Karen (TF), x
noelphobic said:I would say that one thing I have noticed in the relatively short space of time my mum has been in residential care (less than 2 years) is that I have not come across any residents who are obviously from 'ethnic minorities'.
Whether that is because I live in an area which doesn't have many people from ethnic minorities or whether that is representative of the UK as a whole I don't know.
Áine said:yes, very interesting questions. i've noticed similar noelphobic ....... dad's been in 3 different homes over last 6 months or so, and i don't think i've seen one black or asian face amongst the residents (interestingly, the staff are a different matter and I reckon only about half are white british). But this is an area with a very rich diversity of cultures. The road dad's current home is on has a thriving and busy mosque at teh other end, and the children coming out the school along the road appear very mixed in terms of ethnicity.
i doubt there's a straightforward answer to why this is
Áine said:interestingly, the staff are a different matter and I reckon only about half are white british). But this is an area with a very rich diversity of cultures. The road dad's current home is on has a thriving and busy mosque at teh other end, and the children coming out the school along the road appear very mixed in terms of ethnicity.
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I don't think i've seen one black or asian face amongst the residents
Margarita said:I live in london Fulham
I have seen a few black and asian people in my mum
Respite home and a few black people in our AZ day care centre , your find that people from both those community care for then at home rather then put them in a care home , because that what they do in there home country .
I am talking of the
Generation of people of the age 70 and over
Norman said:Within the Birmingham area there are Asian care homes
The extended family seems to be fading out as it has with white families.
Norman
Within the Birmingham area there are Asian care homes
is a bit of a myth
Áine said:they're not aware of services
they don't feel that service provision is appropriate to their cultural/religious needs
they're not able to access appropriate services
diagnosis/assessment isn't available in the same way because of language/cultural issues.
and because we don't see people from other cultures in the services, we assume they don't need them, and therefore don't provide for them. something of a vicious circle maybe
Memory Walk to promote awareness
I did see in the vidio a black day centre , But never heard of a all black afro Caribbean care home like Normal said there is for
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Within the Birmingham area there are Asian care homes