Brijnath, Bianca
Clarke, Nyssa
Markusevska, Simona
Garcia, Erika Gonzalez
Hlavac, Jim
Low, Lee-Fay
Woodward-Kron, Robyn
Antoniades, Josefine
Enticott, Joanne
Gilbert, Andrew Simon
LoGiudice, Dina
Lin, Xiaoping
Hwang, Kerry
White, Jennifer
Cavuoto, Marina
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP2005759)
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
All Graduates Interpreting and Translation Services
Commonwealth Dept of Health, Disability & Ageing
Article History
Received: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 20 February 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: This research study was conducted in adherence with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of University of Western Australia (HREC#2021 − 0477). The National Aging Research Institute provided additional governance approval. All participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: EGG reported receiving grant funding to RMIT University from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), administered by the National Ageing Research Institute, to complete interpreter testing and remunerate the assessors who evaluated the performance of the interpreters during the conduct of the study . At the time the grant was awarded, the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators [AUSIT] was one of the research partners, and EGG was the president of this professional association; the AUSIT also provided in-kind support for the project. L-FL reported receiving grants from the NHMRC and Medical Research Future Fund, nonfinancial support from Dementia Alliance International and ADNeT, and personal fees from Roche outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.