An Introduction to LGBT Elders - Howard Brown Health Center

SLIDE 7MODULE123What is one of the first things we learned in nursing school?Therapeutic communication, learn to have a therapeutic relationship with yourpatient. How? We need to get to know them.2011 Joint Commission guidelines specify The hospital prohibits discriminationbased on age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical ormental disability,socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and genderidentity or expression.The Center for Disease Control states (CDC): Special Populations Identifiedincludes Risk Status Related to Sex & Gender: LGBT Health, Men who havesex with Men (MSM) & Lesbians. “There is . . . a need for culturally competentmedical care and prevention services that are specific to this population. Socialinequality is often associated with poorer health status, and sexual orientationhas been associated with multiple health threats. Members of the LGBT communityare at increased risk for a number of health threats when compared to theirheterosexual peers.[1-5] Differences in sexual behavior account for some of thesedisparities, but others are associated with social and structural inequities, such asthe stigma and discrimination that LGBT populations experience.”This is unquestionably a group in need of awareness and sensitivity.NOTERemind participants that the purposeof this and future modules is to acquireknowledge, assess themselves, and learnskills to deliver culturally competentcare to LGBT elders456Nurses Health Education About LGBT Elders : Teacher’s Guide8