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Geriatrics

Geriatrics

Healthy Aging and Ethnogeriatrics

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      • Introduction
      • Patterns of Health Risk
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Explanations of major concepts and terms used in Ethnogeriatrics.

Upon completion of this module the learner will be able to:

Learning Objectives

1. Explain major traditional health beliefs of Hmong Americans.

2. List eight practical considerations for Western health providers in the clinical assessment of Hmong American older adults.

3. Discuss appropriate approaches in dealing with advance directives and end-of-life care with Hmong American older adults and their families.

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Hmong American

  • Hmong American Older Adults
  • Learning Objectives
  • Introduction & Overview
    • History
    • Demographics
    • Spirituality/Cosmology
    • Family/Clan Structure
    • Aging Process
    • Laotian Vs. US Perception
  • Patterns of Health Risk
    • Older Adult Health Issues
      • Cancer
      • Mental Health
  • Adult Health Issues
    • Cardiovascular Disease: Experience
    • Cardiovascular Diseases: Epidemiology
    • Other Concerns

Culturally Appropriate Care

  • Fund of Knowledge
    • Traditional Health Beliefs
    • Traditional Healing Modalities
    • Herbal Medicine
    • Spiritual Illnesses
      • Shaman
      • Ritual Healers
  • Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding
    • Nine Aspects that Promote Cross-Cultural Understanding
    • Tips for Clinicians
      • Communication
      • Establishing Rapport and Trust
      • Eliciting the Patient’s Perspective
      • Decision Making and Disclosure
      • Patient and Family Education
    • End-of-Life Care
      • Relaying a Terminal Illness
      • Advance Directives
      • Care of the Dying Person
      • Post-Mortem Care

Learning Resources

  • Instructional Strategies: Case Study
    • Case Study: Part 1
    • Case Study: Part 2
    • Reset the Case
      • Subsequent Care: Part I
      • Subsequent Care: Part 2
      • Subsequent Care: Part 3
      • Subsequent Care: Part 4
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  • Searchable Reference Database
  • Glossary
  • Interview Strategies
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