title: Institutional Elderly Care Services and Moroccan and Turkish Migrants in Belgium: A Literature Review.
abstract: In several European countries, including Belgium, the rapid ageing of the migrant population has emerged only recently on the political agenda. The aim of this literature review is threefold. Firstly, it provides a review of the available studies on the accessibility and use of institutional care services by Moroccan and Turkish migrants in the Flemish part of Belgium including Flanders and Brussels. Secondly, it identifies their specific needs regarding elderly care services. Finally, it provides an overview of the way in which Belgian policy has dealt with the issue of migration and elderly care. Literature published between 1965 and 2014 and relevant to the Belgian context has been included. This search yielded 21 references, of which 8 empirical studies, 5 policy literature, 3 theoretical studies, 3 news articles and 2 popularized reports. Mainstream elderly care remains relatively inaccessible for these migrants due to the language and a series of cultural and religious barriers, a low level of education, financial constraints, a lack of knowledge of health care systems, and the so-called return and care dilemmas. Their religious and cultural needs are currently not met by elderly care services. The inclusive and neutral Belgian policy seems to pay insufficient attention to these issues.
authors.affiliation: Faculty Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Sint-Michielsstraat 4, box 3101, 3000, Louvain, Belgium. Chaima.ahaddour@theo.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Chaïma
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahaddour
authors.affiliation: Faculty Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Sint-Michielsstraat 4, box 3101, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Stef
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van den Branden
authors.affiliation: Faculty Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Sint-Michielsstraat 4, box 3101, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Broeckaert
mesh_terms: D000069537:Adult Day Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003469:Culture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Belgium; Care facilities; Elderly care; Migrants; Moroccan and Turkish Muslims