Guest Tinki Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Question Does anyone have resident that do not speak English? What Languages do they speak? I am just curious because I have run into that problem in the past. Karen :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavenstar 0 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Hi, Where do I start???? My residents (380) speak the following In this order: This is thier First Language! Needless to say, we work mainly through translators here. Russian Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese) Korean Vietnamese Spanish English Fillipino (sp?) Yiddish Hebrew Lebanese German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennie 26 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Hi, Over the years I have had non english speaking res. different language but mostly spanish. It also seems that this is happening more now than it did in the past. Anyway you must be sure that you have a way for the res. to communicate with you and you to them. Making up a cards with pictures and the word written in their language as well as ours really helps. Punch holes in the cards and put a ring through them then the res. can hook them on their walker, w/c, bed etc.. State always gave us a thumbs up for this method. Also contact local groups in your area that speak res. language and see if they can volunteer to visit. Don forget to be sure and check if there are different customs that may differ from ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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