Being multilingual in today’s professional world is no longer simply an asset; it’s on the verge of becoming necessary. With an immigrant population of over 42.4 million people as of 2014, the United States workforce will need to become fluent in multiple languages in order for businesses to reach every last inch of the population. In the long list of industries that would benefit from multilingual workers, Home Care is among one of the largest.
Home care is one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S. today – it’s projected to grow around 6.7% between 2016 and 2021. As the population ages, more people will turn to some form of home aid to support them, and due to increasing immigration, many of those people will require assistance from multilingual home care workers. One can expect health care agencies to be placing more emphasis on workers who can speak more than one language, and those that can provide interpretation and translation services.
Home care service agencies supply home care workers to help elderly people in their homes. However, elderly people that speak a language other than English at home tend to be less proficient in English overall. Due to this factor, there is a growing need for multilingual professionals that are fluent in both multiple languages and health care terminology. Agencies are likely to begin either favoring those who can speak more than one language, or to send their workers for language training.
Much like the importance of a professional medical interpreter in a hospital, a multilingual home care worker will provide a sense of security and comfort for their clients during times of need. If a person is unable to accurately communicate health complications, he or she runs the risk of ending up in a dangerous situation. Being able to communicate comfortably will also create an overall better experience for the client. It’s also important to note that Healthcare interpretation skills and healthcare translation skills reduce the need for people to hire both in-home aid and a professional interpreter or a medical interpreter, which can be extremely costly.
In the U.S. today, the languages most spoken in the home (besides English) include: Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, French and French Creole, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Arabic and Russian. A customized Language Training program for Home Care Workers helps laborers develop a working knowledge of the aforementioned languages, enabling any home care professional to expand their market reach within the industry.
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