(HS ELLIS 078963 2025) ETHNOGERIATRICS: HONORING ELDERLY CULTURAL PREFERENCES IN HEALTHCARE
Tracking # 20-1394746
Course overview
CULTURE PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HOW INDIVIDUALS VIEW THEMSELVES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE FAMILY AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THEREFORE, PATIENTS' APPROACH TO THEIR HEALTHCARE NEEDS, INCLUDING ILLNESS AND DEATH, IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY CULTURAL FACTORS. WHEN CARING FOR THE AGING POPULATIONS, YOU SHOULD PERSONALIZE CARE WITH THE PATIENT'S CULTURAL FACTORS IN MIND. LATASHA ELLIS, PHD, LCSW, LISW-CP, OSW-C, WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT FACTORS AND PRACTICES TO CONSIDER WHEN DELIVERING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY POPULATION.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Certified Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Licensed Social Worker
Registered Social Worker Assistant
Disclosure statements
Financial: Latasha Ellis maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Marathon Health, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and Walden University. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and a consulting fee from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Latasha Ellis is a member of the American Association of Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, the Association of Oncology Social Workers, and the National Association of Social Workers.