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8799063

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The proportion of the Australian population from non-English-speaking backgrounds is increasing (particularly among the elderly, who are more likely to be disabled), but their use of health care services and institutions is proportionately lower than that for other Australians, and many care for a family member with a disability or illness at home. The study objective was to document the experiences of such carers in using health and other support services in order to understand the reasons for underutilisation. This study differs from most other carer studies in concentrating on carers with little or no English, and by using a semistructured interview that enabled carers to describe their experiences and attitudes more openly. Forty women carers were interviewed, with bilingual interviewers or interpreters being used where necessary. Interviews were tape-recorded and content-analysed. The services used, sources of information and referral, and the reasons for not using a service were identified. Some of the difficulties experienced in using services were common to many carers, irrespective of background, whereas others related specifically to English language deficits and cultural differences. Carers were reluctant to institutionalise a family member, despite their own health problems, emphasising the need for greater support from existing and expanded services to enable the relative to be cared for at home.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1326-0200
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Difficulties experienced by carers from non-English-speaking backgrounds in using health and other support services.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article