Culture, heritage, and diversity in older adult mental health care /edited by Maria D. Llorente. 

 - First edition. 
 - Washington, DC :  American Psychiatric Association Publishing,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiii, 291 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Why is cultural competency important when working with older adults? /  Cultural competence in geriatric psychiatry : teaching and evaluative methods /  Migration, acculturation, and mental health /  Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders /  Culturally competent care for geriatric indigenous peoples : American Indians, Alaska Natives, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians /  African American older adults /  Cultural competency and Latino elders /  Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults /  Rural elderly /  The seventh age : centenarians /  Cultural competency and veterans /  Amy Gajaria, Ebony Dix, Ken Sakauye, Maria D. Llorente --  Ken Sakauye, Shuo Sally He, Ebony Dix, Raissa Tanqueco, Iqbal Ahmed --  Carl I. Cohen, Pachida Lo, Carine Nzodom, Samra Sahlu --  Madeline Nykamp, Shiv Lamba, Nhi-Ha Trinh, Jai C. Gandhi, Lan Chi Vo, Iqbal Ahmed --  Mary Hasbah Roessel, Linda Nahulu, Mira Zein --  Rita Hargrave --  Vicenzio Holder-Perkins --  R. Dakota Carter, Siddarth Puri, Rebecca Radue, Daniel D. Sewell --  Rebecca Radue, Susan K. Schultz --  Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Yasmin Banaei --  Marilyn Horvath, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Maria D. Llorente. 
<br/><br/> "Health care organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of cultural competence as it relates to efficiency, quality, and equity in the delivery of care within a competitive health care market, and Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care is designed to train mental health clinicians to deliver culturally sensitive care to an increasingly diverse patient population. Projections indicate that 35% of patients older than age 65 will be from a racial or ethnic minority group by 2050, compared with 11% in 1970. Today's mental health practitioners require knowledge, sensitivity, and an understanding of institutionalized practices and systems that undermine their patients' health and well-being. The term culture is multifaceted and may refer to one's belief system, values, religion, race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, geographic location, educational level, age, occupational risks and exposures, and gender. The authors of the book examine mental health care through these lenses, teaching the reader about implicit biases and potential miscommunication and offering strategies for overcoming these difficulties"--Publisher's description. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781615372119 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018024976 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geriatric psychiatry.<br/>Older people--Mental health services.<br/>Older people--Mental health.<br/>Multiculturalism.<br/>Cultural pluralism.<br/>Health Services for the Aged--organization & administration<br/>Mental Health Services--organization & administration<br/>Culturally Competent Care<br/>Aged--psychology<br/>Cultural Diversity
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451  / .C858 2019