{"id":8788,"date":"2022-02-17T21:25:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T21:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/?page_id=8788"},"modified":"2022-03-11T16:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:11:12","slug":"recommendations-for-commissioners-and-service-leads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/the-toolkit\/recommendations-for-commissioners-and-service-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations for commissioners and service leads"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8788\" class=\"elementor elementor-8788\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8f876b elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8f876b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28d57ee\" data-id=\"28d57ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f280624 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f280624\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0289e7c\" data-id=\"0289e7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95cce9b elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95cce9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One of the strongest messages we heard in the workshops was that all too often dementia services were designed with the needs of people from white communities in mind. Services were delivered along the lines of a \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 model, and when the needs of people and families from non-white communities were considered, this was considered an afterthought. <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04fbe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b04fbe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f877aa elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"5f877aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s been far too long that services have said, here we are, come to us. But when people come into the services, then it\u2019s one size fits all \u2026 So I think services need to \u2026 go into the community, with the voluntary and community organisations that are already in there \u2026 It\u2019s a culture change, it\u2019s the services that need to change their culture completely.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">South Asian community worker<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7bbfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad7bbfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0649e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d0649e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Often the experience of people from South Asian communities was that dementia services were not intended for them. This might take the form of meeting on a Friday (which is a religious day) or in a church hall or working to a calendar which, while it accommodates the Easter holiday, does not recognise Ramadan. One of our contributors, a family carer, described this as a \u2018<i>Caucasian-centric\u2019<\/i> service model. We were told that people from South Asian communities had to work \u201c<i>ten times harder\u201d <\/i>to justify themselves and their need for support.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b11ec8e elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b11ec8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re only there to tick a box \u2026 I\u2019m a member of a CCG, and sometimes I feel that I\u2019m just there so that they can say that they\u2019ve talked from somebody from a BME community\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">South Asian community worker<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dc1958\" data-id=\"9dc1958\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ccf858 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ccf858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/looking-at-doc-pnjgddk5xjpy559o7fmobznf0rcazi5kgju46nqivk.jpg\" title=\"Dementia services\" 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300 300\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 300 300;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path id=\"blob_1_\" d=\"M105.6,279.6C57.8,254.6,25.7,215,9.4,160.6s1-90.1,51.7-107s94.1-28.9,130.5-35.8s64.9,5.9,86,38.4  c21.1,32.4,24.4,64.8,10.1,96.9c-14.3,32.1-36.3,67.5-66,106.2S153.4,304.5,105.6,279.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d07a19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d07a19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3abade2\" data-id=\"3abade2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3338946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3338946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recommendations arising from our workshops:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bec9ad elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0bec9ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Providing equality of services.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26a215f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26a215f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Carry out an Equality Impact Assessment (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/eput.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/eiaguidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eput.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/eiaguidance.pdf<\/a>) for all new service developments to provide evidence that they meet the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty or otherwise reduce health inequality.<\/li><li>Funding for all dementia services should be dependent on organisations demonstrating that they have met equality targets.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0a137 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ae0a137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Auditing services. Existing dementia services should:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9aae3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9aae3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Ensure that data about the ethnicity of service users is collected. While most services ask practitioners to do this, they may not always do so either because they feel embarrassed to ask service users or because they don\u2019t see the point in doing so.<\/li><li>Use this data to audit the take up of services broken down by clients\u2019 ethnicity. Population projections for older (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poppi.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.poppi.org.uk<\/a>) and younger (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pansi.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pansi.org.uk<\/a>) people can help to identify anticipated levels of uptake, against which current levels of service provision can be compared.<\/li><li>Where inequalities of service uptake are identified, service managers need to develop an action plan to remedy this. Commissioners should consider innovative methods of funding services to ensure equity of uptake.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128d6d3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"128d6d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greater flexibility about service provision.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6538612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6538612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Statutory<i> <\/i>services should be more flexible around service provision, including the hours and days that they will be open. For instance, during Ramadan, services may need to be available in the evenings, not just during the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da503c5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"da503c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Continuity of funding.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d9413b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d9413b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Funding for community sector organisations should be on the same basis as for statutory services, rather than being based around specific projects that perhaps lasts for just one or two years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7f175 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8c7f175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re just going full circles \u2026 It\u2019s a tick box exercise. You cannot expect miracles overnight \u2026 BAME communities have been disadvantaged, ignored for such a long time that they don\u2019t trust people now \u2026  You have to build that trust, and how do you build that trust? You need to be consistent, you need to make good the promises you make, you need to see them through \u2026 Change will be slow, but you have to be persistent.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">South Asian community worker<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b78dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"42b78dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c24f8 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f9c24f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The importance of having different faces visible.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45fcaae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45fcaae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Workshop participants felt strongly that it was important both for services to have a more ethnically diverse workforce and for health and social care professionals from South Asian communities to be more visible. This was seen as central to increasing trust and increasing the likelihood that people will access these services. Ensuring that there is diversity at all levels requires services to identify appropriate recruitment strategies and to actively manage career progression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7159b63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7159b63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd61c83\" data-id=\"cd61c83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1f68a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_button_widget\" data-id=\"7d1f68a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_button_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/the-toolkit\/psychosocial-interventions-for-people-living-with-dementia-and-their-families-from-south-asian-communities\/\" class=\"box-button elementor-button elementor-size-lg\">Psychosocial interventions<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"elementor-button-icon feather feather-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cd5c7b\" data-id=\"7cd5c7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa61ced elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_button_widget\" data-id=\"fa61ced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_button_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/the-toolkit\/recommendations-for-team-leaders-and-senior-practitioners\/\" class=\"box-button elementor-button elementor-size-lg\">For team leaders and senior practitioners<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"elementor-button-icon feather feather-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the strongest messages we heard in the workshops was that all too often dementia services were designed with the needs of people from white communities in mind. Services were delivered along the lines of a \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 model, and when the needs of people and families from non-white communities were considered, this was considered&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":873,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8788"}],"version-history":[{"count":94,"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9222,"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788\/revisions\/9222"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raceequalityfoundation.org.uk\/adapt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}