title: Elderly care: meeting the needs of ethnic patients.
abstract: This article describes the attempts of a nursing development unit to address the difficulties of providing care for the increasing population of elderly people from ethnic minorities. The specific problems that occur and the measures introduced to combat them are highlighted, and the unit's plans for further improvement are outlined.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khadim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004739:England; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008913:Minority Groups