The debate on ethnicity and dementia: from category fallacy to person-centred care?

Aging & Mental Health
S Iliffe, J Manthorpe

Abstract

The concept of ethnicity remains attractive and meaningful to service developers and professionals, although research suggests that this disguises other facets of identity and difference. An epidemiological perspective on the relationship between ethnicity and dementia supports the idea that ethnicity (defined as particular shared cultural characteristics) is not likely to influence unduly the emergence of dementia in individuals. Cultural factors may protect against dementia, impeding its recognition and influencing its course and these deserve further investigation. Ethnicity is a general concept that subsumes and conceals the impact of migration, education, health beliefs and socio-economic status on health, and therefore is problematic. Empirical research on dementia and ethnicity reveals that intra-ethnic group variation is greater than inter-ethnic group variation; supporting the view that ethnicity as a category may not have great explanatory power and may foster a category fallacy. However, the experiences of people with dementia and their carers show that the important issues for service providers to consider are language, religious belief and observance, cultural practices (including food and personal care practices) ...Continue Reading

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