What Is Cultural Diversity In Healthcare
America is comprised of a growing number of cultures, resulting in widespread diversity. Such diversity is a problem in healthcare. Mental health is a specific and complicated aspect of healthcare and when you must specialize care to specific culture, in magnifies the difficulty of treatment. Knowledge regarding different cultures can uncomplicate care.
I work with a 72-year-old Hispanic patient from Puerto Rico. She is catholic, widowed, she has ten children and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She is learning how to adjust to living in long term care. The following aspects were imperative to meet her cultural needs. She needed an interpreter, proper grooming and social dining. Her diagnosis includes alzheimer’s and
I work with a 72-year-old Hispanic patient from Puerto Rico. She is catholic, widowed, she has ten children and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She is learning how to adjust to living in long term care. The following aspects were imperative to meet her cultural needs. She needed an interpreter, proper grooming and social dining. Her diagnosis includes alzheimer’s and