Dear Amy:
The topic that you comment is very important.
Right now I´m participating in an interesting Latinoamerican Forum about Patient Safety and we are talking about the Language Barriers, the importance of the idiom and the illiteracy too.
We want to measure how affect these language barriers and the illiteracy in the compliance of the treatment.
Would you like to participate with us?, I have proposed a multicentric project, in developing countries, but may be you could advise us, with your experience.
I understand how important is to apply of correct way the tool in order to assess aspect of cognitive area , because I´m geriatrician too.
I will wait expectant your kind answer.
Sincerely.
Diana Rodriguez M.D. FACP
Associate Professor "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia".
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics.
Master in Clinical Epidemiology
Lima - PERU.
2011/6/5 Dr. Amy Price
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Dear All,
A few times a year I am asked to assess the cognition of those who speak no English, are very young or are illiterate. Not being able to read or write well enough in the language really confounds testing results and does not do their native intelligence justice. I manage to piece something together for the purpose at hand but it is really not replicable and remains more a product of my experience than an effective tool.
I would like to develop something I could use and make available for others in emergent nations . I find often cognitive problems are not addressed because the assessment tools are inferior for the purpose at hand. This delays or renders ineffective appropriate treatments and especially in the case of children and young people can have disastrous consequences as they go through life.
I would be grateful for any feedback on this.
Best Regards,
Amy
Amy Price
Http://empower2go.org
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