1 / 14

Weten over vergeten

Weten over vergeten. Reaching out to ethnic minorities in the Netherlands Nienke van Wezel MSc. Immigration USA & Canada. 12% Chinese 11% Filipino 10% Indian. 44% Mexican 9% Chinese 8% Indian. Immigration West- Europe. France. Germany. UK. 7.3 million Turkish Polish

toddbolton
Download Presentation

Weten over vergeten

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Weten over vergeten Reaching out to ethnic minorities in the Netherlands Nienke van Wezel MSc

  2. Immigration USA & Canada 12% Chinese 11% Filipino 10% Indian 44% Mexican 9% Chinese 8% Indian

  3. Immigration West- Europe France Germany UK • 7.3 million • Turkish • Polish • Yugoslavian • 4.6 million • Asian • Pakistani • Indian • Somalian • 5.1 million • Moroccan • Algerian • Asian

  4. Immigration Netherlands • 1.8 million immigrants • 1 million first generation • 120.000 immigrants involved with dementia in 2020 = 20- 35% immigrants = 15- 20% immigrants = 10- 15% immigrants = 1- 10% immigrants

  5. Elderly migrants and dementia: central problems 1. Caregiver range • Dementia unknown • Low participation in society • Caregiver burden • More heavily burdened • Mostly female informal caregivers

  6. Elderly migrants and dementia: central problems 3. Cultural dilemmas • Returning home dilemma • Caregiving dilemma 4. Cultural view on caregiving - Successful aging

  7. “Weten over vergeten”Objectives • Increasing knowledge about dementia • Stimulate communication about dementia • Increasing their self efficacy regarding to dealing with this disease • The acceptance and use of (care) assistance

  8. Content “Weten over vergeten”Method • Special developed Toolkit • Dementia meetings: • migrants language • cultural setting • Migrants consultants • male and female • all ages • Cooperation with key informants • creating support networks

  9. National results 2011 2013 Bron: CBS 2011

  10. “Weten over vergeten” Provincial results 1000participants 950 participants 766 participants 720 participants 1632 participants Alzheimer Nederland (2010)

  11. “Weten over vergeten”Individual results Alzheimer Nederland (2010)

  12. Future “Weten over vergeten” • A more coloured organization • Alzheimer Tearooms • Promotional research

  13. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Nienke van Wezel MScHas no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

  14. In collaboration with …. For further questions please contact: Nienke van Wezel MSc n.wezel@alzheimer-nederland.nl +31306596916 In collaboration with ….

More Related