Habladores en Espanol/Spanish Speakers

Lane Simonian

Hay casi nadie que esta escribiendo en Espanol en Alzconnected recentemente. No habian muchas personas antes pero ahora hay menos. Hay todavia un represente de la Associacion de Alzheimer's quien puede responder preguntas en espanol? Se puede hacer algo reanimar este grupo en Alzconnected?

There is almost no one writing in Spanish on Alzconnected recently. There were not many people before but now there are fewer. Is there still a representative of the Alzheimer's Association who can answer questions in Spanish? Can something be done to revive this group on Alzconnected.

Jo C.

Lane, there are Spanish speaking persons with AlzConnected. Have you reported this?

On seven different Spanish Speaker Forums, there is only one tiny few line Post on the Padre Forum. Somehow, that has not been addressed - I could not find a "flag" to report it, nor could I find a "box" to respond in.

Lane Simonian

Thank you Jo C. for trying to help. I cannot figure out whom to contact either. I was hoping that a Spanish speaking representative might see this post and do some outreach on behalf of the Spanish speaking community. I will try to figure out a way to be more proactive.

Jo C.

Hello again Lane, the only reporting mechanism now re questions or need for tech support is:

[email protected]

It is posted at the very bottom of the page which can easily be missed, but that is the contact. The Assn. has Spanish speaking staff that can respond to the Members on the Espanol Forum. I do not know if that Forum is routinely screened or not. Very nice of you to take this under your wing and address it.

J.

Lane Simonian

Thank you so much, Jo. I didn't even notice the reporting mechanism at the bottom of the screen (it is indeed small). I contacted them to see if there is still someone who monitors the Spanish pages and if they can do something to increase participation.

Lane Simonian

I received this helpful response from the Alzheimer's Association:

Gracias por comunicarse con ALZConnected.

Agradecemos sus comentarios. Entendemos la importancia de tener una comunidad activa y grande de habla hispana en ALZConnected y estamos trabajando arduamente para dar a conocer el sitio a esta comunidad. A medida que trabajamos para hacer crecer esta comunidad, no dude en comunicarse con nuestra línea de ayuda las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, donde los consejeros expertos en demencia a nivel maestro de habla hispana están disponibles para responder cualquier pregunta. 

ALZConnected 

Thank you for communicating with ALZConnected.

We thank you for your comments. We understand the importance of having an active and large community of Spanish speakers on ALZConnected and we are working very hard to make this site known to this community. We are working to increase this community; don't hesitate to communicate via our help line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, where there are experts in dementia who speak Spanish and are available to answer any questions.