Multilingual health and aged care information for consumers
Scroll down to find multilingual information about health and aged care. The resources can be downloaded by following the links provided.
You can find information under the following topics:
- Aged Care Services
- Health and Wellbeing
- Disability and NDIS
- Mental Health
- Financial Issues
- Safety
- Directories and Search Engines
- Resources on our website
Aged Care Services
Myagedcare (Australian Government Department of Health)
- Your guide to Commonwealth Home Support Programme services booklet
- Your guide to home care package services booklet
- Your pathway to accessing a home care package brochure
- Steps to enter an aged care home booklet
Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Serbian, Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Vietnamese
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Various resources available in other languages
Do you have a concern? (Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission)
Languages available: 25 languages
Australian Charter of Aged Care Rights - Booklet
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Australian Charter of Aged Care Rights - Template for Signing
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Australian Charter of Health Care Rights in Victoria (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
Carers Services (Carers Australia Victoria)
Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
Information on Discrimination (Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chin, Chinese, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Nuer, Persian, Russian, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tigrigna, Turkish, Vietnamese
My Health Record (Australian Digital Health Agency)
Languages available: ATSI languages, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian (Farsi), Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Health and Wellbeing
Advance Care Planning (Advance Care Planning Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Arthritis Factsheets (Arthritis Australia)
Languages available: Various languages available
Bladder and Bowel Health (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dinka, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Breast Cancer Resources (Breast Cancer Network Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, English, Greek, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Bowel Cancer Screening Program (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, German, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Maltese, Nepalese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Filipino or Tagalog, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Malta, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese Arabic, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
Continence Foundation of Australia
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Filipino, Deutsch German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Dementia (Dementia Australia)
Languages available: Many resources in multiple languages
Dementia and Memory Loss (Dementia Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Bengali, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hazeragi, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
Dementia Prevention - Your Brain Matters Help sheet (Your Brain Matters)
Languages available: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Diabetes – Multicultural Diabetes Portal (National Diabetes Services Scheme)
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kirundi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Punjabi, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Diabetes Talking Books (Bolton Clarke)
Languages available: Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Vietnamese.
Elder Abuse Online Tool Kit (Seniors Rights Victoria)
Languages available: Bosnian, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Punjabi, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese
What is Elder Abuse? Elder Abuse Prevention (Victorian Department of Health and Human Services)
Languages available: 21 languages
Gambler's help (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Italian
Heart Health (Heart Foundation)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Kirundi, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Spanish, Tongan and Vietnamese
Medicine Management: Webster-pak Multilingual (Webstercare)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Organ and Tissue Donation (Australian Government Organ and Tissue Authority)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian (Bahasa), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese
Palliative Care - (Palliative Care Victoria) various resources available
Languages available: Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Karen, Serbian, Spanish Russian, Hindi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Palliative Care Videos (CareSearch)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Greek, Mandarin
Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Quit Australia (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Voluntary Assisted Dying - Community Information (Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Vietnamese
Disability and NDIS
ADEC (Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities) Website Resources
ADEC offers a range of information on Disability and NDIS in a number of languages
Understanding Disability in Australia (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)
Languages available: 39 languages
What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)
Languages available: 39 languages
Making a Complaint - Disability Services Commissioner
Languages available: 21 languages
Office of the Public Advocate (various resources)
Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Filipino, Turkish, Vietnamese
Mental Health
Mental Health Multilingual Resources (NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre)
Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
National Mental Health Strategy Resources (Mental Health in Multicultural Australia - MHiMA)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Languages available: 44 languages
Financial Issues
Financial Abuse Fact Sheets (Seniors Online Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Financial Support (Australian Government Department of Human Services)
Languages available: 67 languages
Safety
Fire danger / safety information (Country Fire Authority - CFA)
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Chin, Croatian, Dari, Fijian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese
Home Fire safety booklet (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)
Languages available: 20 langauges
Heatwave Information (Staying Healthy in the Heat) (State Government of Victoria, Department of Health)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Maltese, Nuer, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese
Directories and Search Engines
CareSearch - Palliative Care Knowledge Network
Palliative Care Resources in multiple community languages
Cancer Directory Website provides comprehensive online directory of cancer care publications and resources.
Over 500 are translated by accredited NAATI organisations into 56 languages
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Multicultural Health Communication
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
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Health Translations Directory (Victorian Government)
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
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