Intercultural healthcare services: Challenges and good practices

Intercultural healthcare services: Challenges and good practices The importance of providing culturally sensitive healthcare services, though educating and raising awareness among health and social care professionals, was highlighted during the final conference of the I-CARE project, organised by KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre and the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidimiology of Community and Public…

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Approaching Multi-ethnicity and Dementia in Education and Work

Approaching Multi-ethnicity and Dementia in Education and Work   The number of people suffering from dementia and needing care is constantly increasing. In many countries in Europe, this challenge is combined with the challenge of handling multi-culturality and multi-ethnicity amongst care staff, the residents at care homes and the elderly receiving home care – and…

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SOSU Interviews Lotus

Ms Susanne Sevin has been the manager of “LOTUS”

SOSU Interviews “Lotus”, a multi-ethnic nursing home in Aarhus, Denmark All partners in the I-CARE project have been carrying out interviews in the social and health care sector to get a better understanding of intercultural competences needed by staff in order to be able to care for all patients effectively. The interviews undertaken the Danish…

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80 Interviews provide better understanding of Intercultural Competence in Social & Healthcare Sector

80 In-depth Interviews provide a better understanding of Intercultural Competence in the Social and Healthcare Sector Which intercultural competences are needed in the social and healthcare sector today? What kind of difficulties do social and healthcare workers face daily when dealing with cultural diversity amongst patients? What are the most important areas to learn about…

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Poor Intercultural Communication in healthcare can be devastating

The World Health Organisation has long noted that “language can be a barrier to accessing relevant and high quality health information and delivering appropriate health care”. Numerous studies have shown poor intercultural communication in healthcare settings can have devastating consequences, and – especially in stressful situations such as during the Coronavirus pandemic – even people…

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