Most black and Asian kindship carers researchers spoke to said that when they asked for support for their caring duties as relatives or family friends “nothing was offered”.
This has left “them feeling abandoned by the system”, states the research by the charity Kinship and Rees Centre, University of Oxford.
They warn that as well as racism, they also have to deal with similar barriers as many other kinship carers, who struggle to access financial support.
“Some kinship carers reported that a sense of being judged, a lack of cultural understanding by professionals, and assumptions that help would be available to them through extended family support meant they were denied support,” found the research.
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