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January 18, 2026International Journal for Equity in HealthOpen Access

The use of care home environments to meet culture-specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse residents with dementia: an integrative review using the ICF framework

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NRNina RamezaniSGSarah GranbergAKAnnica Kihlgren

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Overview

Integrative review highlights environment's role in meeting cultural needs of CALD residents with dementia, suggesting improvements.

Key Points

  • The aim is to identify care home environment elements that meet culture-specific needs of CALD residents with dementia.
  • Systematic search conducted across six databases
  • Developed search strategy focusing on care homes, dementia, and CALD populations
  • Screened articles for eligibility among peer-reviewed studies published from 2013 to 2024
  • Identified 4311 records, resulting in 27 eligible articles
  • Communication in preferred languages and availability of ethnic food are vital factors
  • Culturally relevant activities and support from bilingual staff are essential for reducing social isolation

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Ramezani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696c79cde45ebfc9113cd591https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02748-0
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