title: Creating a successful culturally sensitive home care program.
abstract: Providing quality home care services to immigrants requires an integrated, holistic approach that genuinely addresses language and cultural differences. One home care agency in Massachusetts developed a team-oriented, culturally sensitive outreach program that ensures non-English-speaking patients the same level of service that the general population receives.
authors.affiliation: Staff Builders Home Health Care, Allston, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blanter
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D006266:Health Education; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States