Objectives

  • Learn how to perform culturally competent assessment patients’ needs;
  • Learn how to give person-centred, culturally appropriate and compassionate care;
  • Enhance their ethical principles of equality, non-discriminatory practice, confidentiality and trustworthiness;
  • Get to know patient’s rights, and how to safeguard and advocate them.

Learning Tools

  1. Legal aspects of equality and discrimination, guidelines, policies, best practice of ageism

  2. Culturally competent assessment of social care needs of older people

  3. Implementing person centred culturally appropriate and compassionate care

  4. Cultural aspects of safeguarding and advocacy for older people