Objectives
- Get to know the policy regulations, systems and resources of health and social care within the country/region/community where the care worker and client/patient interact;
- Understand the culture of care within the country/region/community where the care worker and client/patient interact;
- Understand older people’s psychology;
- Understand the cultural aspects of ageing, and the influence of culture on the experience and acceptance of ageing;
- Acknowledge the cultural aspects of loneliness and other expressions of suffering in older people;
- Understand the influence of culture on the experience of patients with dementia, and on the care workers’ experience.
Learning Tools
- Systems of health and social care
- Cultural aspects of ageing
- Cultural aspects of loneliness and suffering
- Dementia and influence of culture
