Scoping review protocol: what is the state of evidence for the use of communication apps with immigrant seniors in long-term care and community settings?

ABSTRACT: First language care is critical for older immigrant adults with limited English proficiency, especially in long-term care settings where most residents require staff assistance and experience complex chronic conditions, resulting in multiple communication interactions where language poses a barrier. Although there are a myriad of cultural-language translation apps and devices available, there is a gap in both research and practice on the acceptability and feasibility of these digital resources within the context of long-term care and community settings for older immigrant adults, from a cultural relevance and digital health equity perspective. Our paper outlines a scoping review protocol to examine the state of the literature on the extent to which cultural-language translation apps are us

SUBMITTER: Yoon R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11340699 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature