Giving Culturally Sensitive Care
An article in AsianWeek focuses on the difficult issue of communicating with someone experiencing dementia, compounded by what may be very different cultural beliefs about illness and health care.
Published September 21, 2007.
Published September 21, 2007.
Labels: disease and disability
Posted by: HFA permalink
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I'm so glad this issue of cultural caregiving is discussed here. Families are in many ways, alike, but in other ways, our culture, history, and religious practices define us in unique ways.
Many cultures are still extremely family oriented--to the detrment of the caregiver who may not have a choice--even in the face of their own physical and emotional decline.
This is particularly true when the dying process begins. Hospices and professional caregivers need to be educated about some of the various differences from culture to culture to help assist families carry out their traditions that will bring the family comfort and continuity.
I speak to hospice and caregiver's groups and seminars around the country, and I'll be sre to bring light to this very suject.
~Carol D. O'Dell
author of MOTHERING MOTHER
available on Amazon and in most bookstores.
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