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Services and minority ethnic communities
Carers' voice and confidentiality issues
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Mental health: ethnic minority carers’ experiences
People's stories
People caring for a parent
Amar - Interview 01
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Amar's mother got a schizophrenic disorder around the time the family moved from Kenya via India to England. Over forty years later, Amar is ...
Nita - Interview 12
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Nita cares for her mother who is diagnosed with manic depression. She thinks it is essential that carers have their own needs met and that ...
Anton - Interview16
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Anton cares for his 84 year old mother who suffers from dementia. His caring responsibilities together with his own health problems meant he had to ...
Elaine - Interview 32
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Elaine was the main carer for her father for the last four years of his life. He suffered from vascular dementia and Elaine feels both ...
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