What is diversity in health and social care?

Answer 1

Equality means treating everyone equally regardless of their color, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, etc., it is different to treating people the same; different people have different needs, so individuality should be taken in to account.

For example, it would not be equal treatment to provide two different people with information about the services available written in English, if one of those people spoke another language and could not understand English.

Staff in care settings must value diversity, and not give favourable treatment to certain groups of people at the expense of those whom they hold prejudices against and having the change to be able to have the rights!

Answer 2

To understand each indiviual is unique and to be aware or recognise our individual differences

The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing and accepting our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment.

It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of differences contained within each individual.

Answer 3

Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember why we died." For he did not wish tribute or song. No monuments, no poems of war and valour. His wish was simple: "Remember us," he said to me. That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones: Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie. So my king died and my brothers died... Barely a year ago, long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory; time has proven him wise. For from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes' hordes face obliteration! Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of 300. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks! [Faces the army] Haroo! The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one; good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine. Give thanks, men! To Leonidas, and the brave 300! To victory!