• Cultura is an initiative of AASA, providing a wide range of information and resources to assist care workers deliver culturally sensitive care. • Your Cultura app experience begins with the “Cultura model” which displays information about what culture is, how to provide culturally sensitive care to a person with dementia and how the information contained in the app can assist you to do this. • The HOME page provides you with access to all sections of the Cultura app. • The Community Insights section located in the center of the HOME page has been created to provide generalist information, tips and resources on a range of cultures with high numbers of care recipients and care workers in Australia. • The generalist information is based on information on the majority of people from the culture you …show more content…
Click this tab to compare the information on this topic against any of the cultures listed. Again, remember this is generalist information only, so make sure you determine if the information listed applies to your care recipient. • Press “close” to return to the Community Insights section. • The tips section provides you with valuable information and ideas to consider when providing culturally sensitive care to a person with dementia. • A wide range of resources to external links are also available on the topics included in this section, and whenever translations are available for that culture, you will find these are included in this section too. • Text can be highlighted by pressing on your screen on your mobile or by left clicking your mouse if you are using the website. All highlighted text can be saved to a Note. The saved note will show you where the information you saved is located in the app. • Options are available for you to save a new note, or add to an existing one. You simply need to register with your email address and password and use these details whenever you
3.2 list different techniques that can be used to facilitate positive interactions with an individual with dementia
Culture change in long-term care is a set of guiding principles based on person-centered care tailored to each elder’s care while treating them with dignity and respect. Core values include relationship, personal choice, self-determination, and purposeful living (“Defining Culture Change”, n.d.). In person-centered care, quality of life is recognized to be as important as the quality of care. It is also recognized that every person has the right to be allowed to make their own decisions, even if those decisions may not always be safe. Finally, at the very heart of person-centered care is the relationship between the elder and their caregivers in which the way a task is done is as important, if not more, than the task itself (Jones, 2011).
care to the residents suffering from dementia. Banner et al (2009 as cited in Lee J.et al.2012)
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Cultural genograms are useful in expanding one’s awareness of the effects of culture on an individual. In turn, this can aid in understanding how other people are a product of his or her culture as well. Cultural genograms are a beneficial tool in providing culturally competent care in nursing. It is essential to remember that there is not an individual culture that is considered to be correct or the standard, but that every culture has a unique view on practices in life. Being culturally sensitive is a critical element in providing culturally competent care.
Dementia is common among a large population of elderly people. The disease affects not only the individual diagnosed, but also the caregivers that work towards making their life comfortable in the end. Understanding and learning about the disease is crucial in helping those that experience or live with someone who has dementia. The services and support that are currently in affect for elderly people with dementia and the caregivers is poor, and ineffective because of the lack of research and information on the topic.
There are cultures that have very different views on things such as family dynamics and health care than what I’m used to. For example, there are some cultures that do not believe in seeking healthcare when they are ill or receiving medications or blood if needed. However, my family always believed in taking us to the doctor and taking medications when we were ill. There are also some cultures that have very large families that they are very close to however I always had a small close-knit family. I am able to see how these different scenarios could affect the nursing care provided by assuming that other people and families have the same beliefs that my family had growing up. However, this is why it is important to ask questions and do research about a particular culture before making assumptions. I also believe it is very important to avoid assuming that all cultures are the same just because they are of a certain culture or ethnicity. Beliefs and rituals can differ amongst people of the same community. Therefore, it is essential to get to know your patients and have an understanding of their beliefs as an
233). She studied anthropology and applied the research findings in nursing. Later, she developed the theory of “culture care diversity and universality” from her personal experience as a nurse and other factors that influenced such as ethnic conflicts, commuting, and technology changes. It is illustrated and described by the Sunrise four-level model, and it is labeled as “an enabler” (Masters, 2014, p. 69). The first level represents a “worldview”, the second level presents “knowledge concerning individuals and groups”, the third level includes “specific features of care in the system”, and the fourth level is “specific nursing care” (Masters, 2014, p. 69; Jarošová, 2014, p. 47). The main purpose of this theory is “to generate knowledge related to the nursing care of people who value their cultural heritage” (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 233). The major concepts in this theory include: culture, culture care, and diversities and similarities and sub-concepts include care and caring, emic view (language expression, perceptions, beliefs, and practice), and etic view (universal language expressions beliefs and practices in regard to certain phenomena) (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 233). The base knowledge
As nurses entering the medical field understanding the culture of our patients is crucial to proper care. Each culture has their own set of beliefs and values that are shared among groups of people which influences personality, language, lifestyles, house hold, level modesty, social standings, foods, health treatment and identity. Culture affects how people view health and illness; dictating when, where and what type of medical treatment they will receive and who will be their care provider.
Leininger has defined care as having assistive, supportive, and enabling experiences or ideas towards others (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2008). A person actions shows some of their compassion in ways they care for patients. Care is a major component of the theory and it includes both professional and folk care which plays an essential role in nursing care. The addition to nursing care has influenced the health and wellbeing of different cultures. Culture is the other major to the Culture Care Theory. The culture of the patient is equally as important as the care component of the theory. Leininger has defined culture as “the learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a particular culture that guides thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways and often interchangeable” ( Alligood, 2011). Therefore acknowledging the patients culture beliefs and including it in the care of the patient are an important component for healing. Culture can be seen as an outline for managing human actions and decisions and contains material and nonmaterial features of any group or individual.
Understanding cultural differences not only improves the effectiveness of the treatment the patient receives, it is also help the nurse to prevent negliency of care. It is impostant to maintain a curiosity about each patient no matter how much we know abouth that person's culture.
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The fist way I provide culturally sensitive care to my patient’s is completing a cultural assessment during my first interaction with my patient. This may include how they would like me to address them, their diet preferences, and how they would like me to perform my nursing care. For example, I have had a patient who was of Asian culture, who was very uncomfortable when I asked to assess his Foley catheter. Therefore, I asked a male nurse to assist me to meet my patient’s cultural needs and comfort needs. Another way I provide cultural care is allowing my patients to perform their religious or cultural rituals. I have had a patient who was at the end of life who was of the Indian descent. The patient’s family performed rituals; which included prayers, candle lighting, and after the passing of the patient the family wished to be perform postmortem care. The last way I provide culturally sensitive care to my patients is using my resources to be better informed on the culture of the patients. For example, I have had patients from Nepal. Because of this, I have educated myself on their cultural beliefs including the usual diet, the belief that the husband is to make the decisions, and that they prefer providers of the same gender. Overall, it is imperative to provide cultural specific care to our patients by assessing their cultural differences and needs.
If there is evidence of nurturing caring behaviours with the use of culture-specific care, there will be more signs of well-being and fewer signs of illness. According to Leininger (1991), Transcultural nursing is application of comparative study of cultures to understand similarities and differences across human groups during nursing process (Leininger, 1991). Culture, religion, ethnic, ethnicity, cultural identify, culture-universals, culture specifies, material/non-material culture, subculture, bicultural, diversity, acculturation, cultural shock ethnic groups ethnic identity, race, cultural awareness, culturally congruent care and culturally competent care are key words used in transcultural nursing. In modern world, there are huge challenges
When a nurse comes in contact with a patient that is from a different culture the nurse needs to perform a culturally diverse assessment. This is a methodical technique that results in an accumulation of data that will provide the nurse with an improved perception of what the patient thinks is important, any health problems the patient is experiencing, and the best course of action for the nurse to take to handle these