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Language barriers can reduce access to medical and virtual care. Although the topic of healthcare professionals and linguistic minorities has been studied in Canada, it has mainly been done for official languages (i.e., English and French). Non-official languages (NOLs) have not been explored previously in the healthcare system at the pan-Canadian level. The objective of this study is to determine to what extent NOLs spoken by physicians relate to those of Canadian ethnic groups and are an...
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Objectives This study compared quality indicators across linguistic groups and sought to determine whether disparities are influenced by resident-facility language discordance in long-term care. Design Population-based retrospective cohort study using linked databases. Setting and Participants Retrospective cohort of newly admitted residents of long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada, between 2010 and 2016 (N=47,727). Individual residents' information was obtained from the Resident...
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Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely hit Canadian nursing facilities (81% of deaths). To this toll, public health measures (eg, visitation restriction) have subsequently deepened the social isolation and loneliness of residents in nursing facilities (NFs), especially those in linguistic minority settings: Anglophone institutions in Quebec and Francophone institutions outside Quebec. However, very few COVID-19 initiatives targeting these populations specifically...
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Malgré le statut de dualité linguistique du Canada, la communauté francophone continue d’être laissée pour compte par les autorités du pays. Plus spécifiquement, l’étendue et l’accès restreints des services de santé offerts aux francophones en Ontario posent un grave danger pour cette population. Les établissements qui dispensent des services de santé continuent d’ignorer les politiques de soins existantes. Cette situation impose plusieurs actions au niveau fédéral, législatif et...
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Le vieillissement de la population dans les provinces de l’Atlantique est une réalité courante en plus d’une composition géographique rurale et la présence de communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire (CLOSM). Les objectifs de cette étude descriptive qualitative étaient de 1) comprendre les services utilisés pour le maintien à domicile, et 2) déterminer les services nécessitant une amélioration pour l’accès en français. Vingt-six (n=26) personnes âgées ont participé à cette...
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La maladie d’Alzheimer est un syndrome neurodégénératif chronique caractérisé par un déclin cognitif et mnésique. Les personnes atteintes par cette maladie développent des affections rattachées à la langue. Il est important de faire passer des tests de dépistage dans la langue maternelle de la personne puisque l’aptitude linguistique décline avec la progression de la maladie. De manière générale, le Mini-mental et le test de l’horloge sont administrés en anglais aux francophones du nord de...
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The Basque Country has two official languages, Basque and Spanish, the first being spoken by 37% of the population. The Basque Health Service has developed language schemes to fulfill the legal requirements. Currently, there is a vast transformational shift from legislative policies to an evidence-based, patient-centred care approach. This paper discusses three key issues which could enhance language appropriate care: the recording of patient’s preferred language; the Basque language care...
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It has been suggested that older adults from minority linguistic and ethnic communities face higher risks of being socially excluded. The aim of this review was, therefore, to explore and review social exclusion studies conducted among official language minority older adults in three countries, namely Canada, Finland and Wales. A rapid review approach was used to review scientific literature in line with six social exclusion domains. The literature searches were made in Finnish, Swedish,...
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This article deals with the situation of languages in healthcare in Catalonia. It reports on the measures being carried out by the Ministry of Health of the Government of Catalonia to guarantee that the population may be attended to in their own official language, whether Catalan, Spanish or Occitan, and specifically to promote knowledge and use of Catalan among professionals working in the health system. It provides data on the migratory flows of doctors and nurses and sociolinguistic data....
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This article discusses the networking and partnership approach of improving access to public health and social services, with an interest in informing best practices for official language populations in a minority context. The case of Canada’s official language minority residing in the province of Quebec and its Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) is explored. Elements that support or inhibit partnership functioning, including innovative community-based participatory...
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