Firstly, there is a need for the recognition of the wider aspects of ageing and old age among ethnic minority groups, beyond the more problem-focused and hence pathologising attention paid so far to ethnic minorities' ageing.
The special issue begins with two theory-based, conceptual papers which focus on the current state of the social gerontological literature involving research on ethnic minorities' ageing and later-life experiences.
For a shrinking minority aged 35 and over, disorientated by the dizzying pace of social change, Mr Tendulkar recalls a more modest and traditional India the country he first walked out to bat for.
Longitudinal studies that follow middle-aged minorities through older ages may highlight specific factors that are relevant disincentives to participation in clinical research by the minority aged.
I've been very committed to diversifying the scientific workforce, both through my own individual efforts at UCSF and since 1997 through a center for minority aging research funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
We will also continue to refine our retention paradigm for use by us and others interested in age-associated health disparities and minority aging in general.
At best, it has led to attention being focused within the gerontological literature (until at least very recently) mainly on the problematic aspects of ethnic minority ageing.
Drawing on the theoretical developments in mainstream ethnicity scholarship, Sandra Torres' (2015) contribution that follows further highlights the key gaps and limitations in our current gerontological understandings and conceptualisations with respect to ethnicity and ethnic minority ageing.
The range of theoretical, methodological and empirical papers included in this collection provide some critical insights into particular facets of the current research agendas, cultural understandings and empirical focus of ethnic minority ageing research.
Hosted by Brunel University and the Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies BIASS) – with a wide range of seminars organised at Brunel University, Swansea University and the University of Worcester in the UK, this seminar series brought together a diverse group of speakers and attendees to share their perspectives, experiences and voices in relation to ethnic minority ageing research.
