Migration and ageing : settlement experiences and emerging care needs of older refugees in developed countries
Part of : Hellenic journal of psychology ; Vol.7, No.1, 2010, pages 1-20
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Migration is a phenomenon usually associated with younger people, so issues ofolder migrants attract less attention in research, policy making and welfare service provision.On the whole, older refugees are frequently put 'at the back of the queue' and overlooked byaid programmes due to assumptions that their needs are of less importance than those of othervulnerable forced migrant groups such as children. Nonetheless, older people who experienceforced migration and exile are faced with serious difficulties such as traumatic experiences inorigin country and during flight, health deterioration due to migration stresses, severed familyand friends' networks, limited choices of resettlement due to financial difficulties and lack ofsupport. In addition, there is a disparity between service providers' perceptions of user needsand older refugees' own priorities. To date, there has been little research on their experiencesin receiving countries despite the fact that evidence on settled older migrants depicts them asamong the most deprived and socially excluded groups living in developed countries. In thisarticle older refugees' health and social care needs and their implications for policy makersare reviewed.
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health care, migration, older refugees, social care service
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Περιέχει βιβλιογραφία, Special issue: Forced migration and social care
