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UdemyCreating a Healthcare Practice Welcoming to LGBT Seniors
4.7(536)3k studentsALL LEVELSEnglish
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Overview
This course addresses a specific, often-overlooked gap in senior care: how clinics and care facilities can become genuinely welcoming to LGBT older adults. It assumes no prior background on the topic and builds understanding from the ground up using video, first-hand accounts, and demonstrated scenes.
Who it's for
Licensed and non-licensed healthcare professionals working in clinics, hospitals, independent practices, or long-term-care settings who interact with senior patients.
Key takeaways
- How the legacy of secrecy and discrimination compounds health issues for LGBT seniors
- Terminology and communication strategies for more effective, respectful care
- Dramatized scenes demonstrating what good communication looks like in practice
- Concrete best practices for creating a clinical environment that feels safe
Across four video segments, the course connects a sense of safety directly to better disclosure of relevant health information and, ultimately, better outcomes.
About this course
If you work at a clinic, hospital, independent practice or long-term-care facility, a percentage of the seniors currently in your care are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, whether or not they have felt safe enough to tell you about it. The common health issues faced by all older people are compounded for LGBT seniors, for whom the legacy of secrecy, social isolation and discrimination can gravely impact their physical and mental health. In this course we assume the viewer knows nothing (although we know you each know SOME things) as that is the best way to teach this subject to all.
When LGBT seniors get the message that they are safe and welcome, they are more likely to access care, disclose relevant health and home information, and achieve more positive health outcomes. This course provides practical steps for both licensed and non-licensed professionals to better understand the needs of LGBT seniors, to practice more effective communication and to create a clinical environment that communicates a sense of safety and welcome.
The course includes four video segments (totaling 44 minutes) that covers LGBT history, first-hand stories from LGBT seniors, an overview of common health issues, terminology, communication strategies, dramatic scenes that demonstrate good communication, and a series of patient care best practices.
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