<i>"You just can't do that in dementia care":</i> Barriers to partnership working within dementia services for people from south Asian communities.

ABSTRACT: Background: People from South Asian communities are under-represented at all levels of dementia services. Consequently, there is pressure for the statutory sector to deliver services in partnership with Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprises (VCFSEs). This study set out to explore the constraints to effective partnership working which prevent dementia care from being delivered in an equitable way.Methods: Data collection consisted of two phases. First, we interviewed seven people with experience of partnership working and developed three fictional vignettes that were representative of the challenges they faced. We then used these vignettes to stimulate discussion in focus groups and interviews with 13 VCFSE and 16 statutory sector participants. Data was analysed u

SUBMITTER: Cheston R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997284 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature