Mainstreaming equality: Implications of the provision of support at home for majority and minority ethnic older people

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 739-757

  Bowes, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mainstreaming equality; Minority ethnic groups; Older people; South Asians; Support at home

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750629940     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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