Essay Explain Why It Is Important To Recognise And Respect An Individual's Heritage

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Dem 313 Equality, diversity, and inclusion in dementia care practice. By Amanda Alker. 1.1 Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage. "You have to know the past to understand the present." Was a quote by Dr. Carl Sagan. I think this quote sums up the importance of recognizing and respecting an individual’s heritage. By looking at the heritage of an individual with dementia, it can sometimes help you understand why they behave the way they do and why they react a certain way to different situations. Each individual is different some may love the fact that people know about their past heritage whilst other may not want anyone to know for many different reasons. For some individuals their customs and religious practices are very important to them. For the people who want others to know about their heritage and past experiences, it is good for them to talk about their lives and past heritage. They can reminisce about the good times and good things that their ancestors may have done or achievements they have had. It is…show more content…
The paper shop was always packed full of adults on a Saturday and Sunday morning purchasing their morning papers. I felt this was discrimination by the way he was looking at us with distaste and even when we went in his shop two at a time he would watch us like a hawk. I can understand that some of the local kids may have stolen from him, but my friends and I would not steal. | It made me feel like I was a criminal. It made me feel like I was untrustworthy and unwanted. It made me angry, I stopped going into his shop when another shop opened locally as did a lot of kids. This shop had CCTV, perhaps what the other shop owner should have done. Maybe if he did he wouldn’t have made me and the local kids feel like criminals.

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