Table 2.

interview guide

Questions were used in interviews with enrolled nurses

• Can you describe an ordinary working day! • What is your experience of caregiving of immigrants with dementia? • How do you communicate to make yourself understood? • What cultural commonalities/differences are there between the residents? • What cultural differences are there?

Questions were used in interviews with family members

• Can you tell me why your mother/father/spouse moved to the group home? • What do you think your loved one experienced moving to a group home? • How do you think he/she has accepted their new housing arrangements? • How do you think they manage communication here, not speaking each other’s languages? • What kind of cultural commonalities/differences are there in the care of people with dementia here [in Sweden] and in your country? • How do you experience your visits here (to the group home)?