There is no shortage of top-flight info on the Alzheimer’s journey, but the lion’s share of it is in English, as is this post.
But note I said “lion’s share.” Interested parties, advocacy groups and government sites are reaching out to Latino, Asian and other groups, with advice and specific info in their language. There is an astonishing range of info on the topic of dementia in languages you would expect, such as Spanish, Chinese and Arabic, as well as health information in every language from Hebrew to Urdu.
If you know someone who would like to gather info in the language of their home country, you could direct them here. Read on for resources.
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Alzheimer’s Association (U.S.)
Site: http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_4719.asp
About: The Alzheimer’s Association provides an interactive tour of the brain in multiple languages.
Languages: Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Alzheimer’s Association (U.S.) Spanish Portal
Site: http://www.alz.org/espanol/about/what_is_alzheimers.asp
About: The Alzheimer’s Association’s Spanish Portal offers a variety of articles in Spanish.
Languages: Spanish
Family Caregiver Alliance (U.S.)
Site: http://caregiver.org/node/
About: The Family Caregiver Alliance provides a guide to Early Stage Alzheimer’s.
Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese.
Toronto Dementia Network (Canada)
Site: http://www.dementiatoronto.org/CulturalCare.htm
About: the Toronto Dementia Network provides a directory of culturally sensitive and multi-language resources available in Toronto.
Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Caribbean, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, East Indian, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujerati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Ismaili, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.
Alzheimer’s Society U.K.
Site: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=994
About: The Alzheimer’s Society U.K. provides a list of factsheets and booklets in Chinese.
Languages: Chinese
Alzheimer’s Australia
Site: http://www.alzheimers.org.au/information-in-other-languages.aspx%20
About: Alzheimer’s Australia provides dementia resources in many languages.
Languages: Aarabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Polish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Site: http://www.latinoalzheimersalliance.org/
About: The Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance provides education and support programs in the Latino communites of Illinois and creates awareness.
Languages: English, Spanish
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Site: http://www.ahrq.gov/health-care-information/informacion-en-espanol/index.html
About: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Spanish language resources provide translated guides on many topics.
Languages: Spanish
FamilyDoctor.org
Site: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/es.html
About: FamilyDoctor.org provides family doctor pamphlets in Spanish.
Languages: Spanish
Healthfinder
Site: http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
About: Healthfinder offers translated Spanish language resources on various conditions.
Languages: Spanish
Multimedia Patient Education Institute
Site: http://online.mufasser.com/client/dlmenu.asp?C=2410&P=muff2009asser12&D=nt0191a1&VL=E
About: The Multimedia Patient Education Institute provides multimedia and interactive resources about Alzheimer’s in Arabic.
Languages: Arabic
Portuguese
Site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWCdv8dKWdk&list=UUd6Dy9B730BZ3GlbkLfJy2A&index=1&feature=plcp
About: A digital story about Alzheimer’s Disease.
Languages: Portuguese
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Site: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
About: Multilingual Health Information (encompasses all health issues, not just dementia).
Languages: Arabic, Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.
Health Info Translations
Site: https://www.healthinfotranslations.org/
About: Health Information Translations provides health resources and information for health care professionals or others seeking material in communities with limited understanding of the English language. This website is provided by the four health systems in Central Ohio (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System, OhioHealth and Nationwide Children’s Hospital).
Languages: American Sign Language, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Marshallese, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Health Translations Online Directory
Site: http://www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au/
About: The Health Translations Online Directory allows health care professionals and others working in diverse communities find easily accessible translated health information. Based in Victoria, Australia, the directory provides direct links to information from Victoria, Australia, and other countries and regions as well. Information has been translated by an accredited translator and published within the last five years.
Languages: Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Bari, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Chin, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirundi, Korean, Krio, Kurdish, Kurmanji, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mandarian, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepalese, Nepali, Norwegian, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Polski, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Shona, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugi, Tetum, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese and Yiddish.
Lab Tests Online
Site: http://labtestsonline.org/
About: Lab Tests Online uses peer-reviewed articles in plain language to help patients understand their lab tests so they can discuss them more easily with their physicians.
Languages: English, Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean and Romanian
National Library of Medicine
Site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html
About: Information for patients and health care professionals from the National Library of Medicine’s consumer health website.
Languages: Arabic, Amharic, ASL, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chamorro, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Chuukese, Croatian, Farsi, French, German, Gujarathi, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Ilocano, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Loatian, Marshallese, Nepali, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.
MedlinePlus’ Arabic Guides
Site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/arabic.html
About: MedlinePlus’ Arabic guides include information for patients and their loved ones and is produced the National Library of Medicine.
Languages: Arabic
Refugee Health Information Network
Site: http://www.rhin.org/Default.aspx
About: The Refugee Health Information Network is a database that provides multilingual health information and resources for those providing care for unsettled refugees and asylees.
Languages: Abkhaz, Acehnez, Achuar-Shiwiar, Afrikaans, Aguaruna, Aja, Akuapem Twi, Albanian, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amharic, Amuesha Yanesha, Anauk, Arabela, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Belarussian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Cantonese, Chin, Chinese, Chinese Simplified, Croatian, Dzongkha (Bhutanese), English, Farsi, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Igbo, Ilokano, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Korean, Kunama, Kurdish, Lao, Laotian, Liberian, Maay Maay, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mandarian, Marathi, Marshallese, Mende, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nepali, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Shona, Slocak, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Temne, Thai, Tibeten, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba.
Public Health Agency of Canada
Site: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-fra.php
About: The Public Health Agency of Canada’s role is to relieve stress on Canada’s health care system and provide information.
Languages: French and English
Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux de langue Française
Site: http://www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef/
About: This catalogue and index of French Language Health Resources is quality controlled.
Languages: French
Welt der Gesundheit
Site: http://www.gesundheit.com/index.php
About: Welt der Gesundheit provides health guides on hundreds of topics.
Languages: German
Patienten-Informationsdienst
Site: http://www.patienten-information.de/
About: Patienten-Informationsdienst offers over a thousand sources for health care professionals and patients.
Languages: German
Medicine Worldwide
Site: http://www.onmeda.de/
About: Medicine Worldwide provides health care information in German for consumers.
Languages: German
Demenciya Russia
Site: http://www.demenciya.com
About: A non-profit organization in Russia dealing with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.
Languages: Russian
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