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Book SynopsisExploring the key issues around anti-discriminatory practice for professionals working in mental health services, this book looks at ways to improve the health and social care of older people from minority and excluded communities.
The chapters explore the issues involved in working with individuals from a range of minority groups, such as LGBT people, people with learning disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic communities, homeless people and people with dementia. The chapters cover important theory and research into discrimination, ageing and identity. Contributions from experts in the fields of mental health and working with minority groups provide practical insights into developing anti-discriminatory practice.There is also practical advice on culturally appropriate support for carers, cultural competency in end of life care, working with interpreters, and celebrating diversity, accompanied by supporting practical resources.
This comprehensive book will provide mental health practitioners and students with an essential understanding of anti-discriminatory practice.
Trade ReviewThis is writing par excellence; the contributors have integrated statistics, analysis, critiques and strategic oversight with explorations of values in a thoughtful and reflective way. Dense with valuable information yet superbly accessible. Any page at which you open this book, will draw you in. -- Hári Sewell, Director, HS Consultancy
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Chapter One. Common Mental Health Problems. Dr Maureen McIntosh and Dr Afreen Huq. Section One: Establishing Some of the Key Principles of Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Older People's Mental Health. 2. Conceptualising Ageing and Anti-discriminatory Practice. Pauline Lane. 3. Humanising the Mental Health Context. Maria Castro Romero. 4. Ageing, Ethnicity and Mental Health. Rachel Tribe. 5. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Ageing. 6. Anti-discriminatory Practice: Caring for Carers of Older Adults with Mental Health Dilemmas. Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane. 7. End of Life Issues. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Section Two: Insights. 8. Ageing and Mental Health Issues for People with Learning Disabilities. Mustafar Oladosu and Rene Kyd Williams. 9. Ageing, Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersex Older People. Matt Broadway Horner. 10. Understanding the Lives of Older Gypsies and Travellers and the Impact of Inequality on their Mental Health. Siobhan Spencer and Pauline Lane. 11. Social Exclusion and Anti-Discriminatory Practice: The Case of Older Homeless People. Peter Cockersell. Section Three: Additional Information and Practical Guidance to Support Positive Practice. 12. The Rough Guide to Working with Interpreters in Mental Health. Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane. 13. Ageing, Food and Malnutrition. Pauline Lane and Rachel Tribe. Index.
