This is a small qualitative study that focused on barriers to care and how to overcome them when dealing with patients with dementia, who are primarily Spanish speaking. The authors found to big themes that patients and caretakers thought would improve their care:
1- use of a certified translator, either telephonically or in person, eased social dynamics in communication
2- those same translators tended to only be used in an episodic manner- during HPI, exlaining results or discharge planning. But the patients and caretakers would prefer to have access to them in the “in between” periods so that it would be a more patient centered experience
Additional Information
A. N.Chary, V.Lara, S.Yoon, et al., “Communicating Across Languages: Experiences of Spanish-Speaking People With Dementia and Care Partners in the Emergency Department,” Academic Emergency Medicine33, no. 3 (2026): e70198, https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70198.
