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New health technologies (e.g., products, services, policies, interventions designed to help people maintain their independence) are usually created in a way that makes them specific to the culture in which they were developed. Cross-cultural adaptation of health technologies considers the “language, culture, and context in such a way that it is compatible with the [user]‘s cultural patterns, meanings, and values” (Bernal, Jiménez-Chafey, & Domenech Rodríguez, 2009, p. 362). This chapter will discuss some of the considerations that should be taken into account when applying solutions across different cultures.