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. 2025 Jan;36(1):43-56.
doi: 10.1177/10436596241256328. Epub 2024 Jun 3.

A Scoping Review to Contribute to Knowledge About Culturally Adapting Interventions for Latino Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

Daria B Neidre  1 , Roxana E Delgado  1 , Kimberly S Peacock  1 , Luis P Luy  1 , Carole L White  1
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A Scoping Review to Contribute to Knowledge About Culturally Adapting Interventions for Latino Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

Daria B Neidre et al. J Transcult Nurs. 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Introduction: Few interventions have focused on Latino family caregivers to persons with dementia, addressing their unique needs. This review aimed to identify best practices in cultural adaptation to make recommendations for adapting interventions for Latino family caregivers of persons living with dementia.

Method: This scoping review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute Scoping Review guidelines, with findings extracted and summarized from 17 studies addressing cultural adaptation.

Results: Frameworks guiding the adaptations were comprehensive, addressing cultural values and traditions and the social context faced by Latino family caregivers. Features of the adaptations included diverse teams of researchers and community members, including Latino family caregivers, to inform the integration of cultural values into the content, mode, and place of intervention delivery.

Discussion: Culturally adapting evidence-based interventions will increase the number of available interventions for Latino family caregivers to persons living with dementia, thus reducing inequities in caregiver support.

Keywords: Latino; cultural adaption; dementia; family caregiving; scoping review.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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PRISMA Flow Diagram. Source. Adapted from Page et al. (2021).
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Practice and Research Recommendations Based on Findings From Scoping Review.
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