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)?