[Towards culturally sensitive care for elderly immigrants! Design and development of a community based intervention programme in the Netherlands] (original) (raw)

Tijdschrift voor gerontologie en geriatrie, 2014

Abstract

In Western countries, health and social welfare facilities are not easily accessible for elderly immigrants and their needs are sub optimally addressed. A transition is needed towards culturally sensitive services to make cure and care accessible for elderly immigrants. We developed an intervention programme in which ethnic community health workers (CHWs) act as liaisons between immigrant elderly and local health care and social welfare services. In a quasi experimental design, the effectiveness of introduction of CHWs, will be evaluated in three (semi) urban residential areas in the Netherlands within three different migrant groups and compared with a control group. The primary outcome is use of health care and social welfare facilities by the elderly. Secondary outcomes are quality of life and functional impairments. Implementation of the intervention programme will be examined with focus groups and data registration of CHW activities. In this paper design and methodological issue...

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