Social Work, Social Policy and Older People by Robert Johns

Author:Robert Johns [Johns, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Social Work, Political Science, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare
ISBN: 9781844453498
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Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

ensuring that appropriate places of worship of different faiths are accessible to people for whom this is important;

providing music which is appropriate and a reminder of the past as well as providing traditional food;

paying attention to gender issues if this is of importance to the ethnic minority population group; for example, it may be a cultural expectation that personal care is provided by staff of the same gender as the older service user.

basic essential information translated into the appropriate language which is then followed up with professional workers who are able to discuss key concepts in ways which the person is able to understand (Zahno and Rhule, 2008: 5);

an awareness of whether ethnic groups actually read the information translated or whether people tend to rely more on information been passed down through discussions;

the use of translators who have a clear understanding of social and healthcare provision so as to overcome barriers where words like ‘care’ might not be used in certain ethnic minority groups (Netto 1998: 223);

the profile of staff working in social care and health reflecting the ethnicities of the groups they are supporting.

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