HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

[cluv2nurse]

What are the health care considerations of the Amish culture? Specific herbal remedies? Considerations? Ect?

[country mom]

A good tip someone passed on to me, "gosh" and "golly" and "geez" are considered swear words, a form of taking the Lord's name in vain and would be considered quite vulgar.

[rph3664]

A good tip someone passed on to me, "gosh" and "golly" and "geez" are considered swear words, a form of taking the Lord's name in vain and would be considered quite vulgar.

And the gesture we call "flipping the bird" is not obscene to the Amish. It's done to ward off the devil.

[StudentGrace]

TALK to the person in your care and assess what they know and what they don't and what they expect. They were not frozen in time and all the sudden thawed and put into your care. The Amish are typically very friendly and kind and although maybe not educated as we would think in terms of school and college, they are very educated in general knowledge of raising a family, raising/breeding animals and running a business in today's world. There are many different "orders" of Amish, some more strict than others, but one state does not have one type and another state has another type, but several types within within any state and sometimes within any county. They typically seek their local doctor dentist for most issues when needed and do not use a hospital unless absolutely necessary . . . a nice break from some "English" that use the ER as their one-stop doctor shop.