Communication Cards and Aged Care Signage expanded to 57 languages
The Centre's very popular Communication Cards and Aged Care Signage have been updated to include 20 new languages. These include: Amharic, Assyrian, Bengali, Burmese, Chaldean, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Karen, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Oromo, Pashtun, Punjabi , Slovenian, Somali, Tetum, Thai and Tigrinya. The cards and signs are free to download from the Centre's website. Find them here
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New Practice Guides
Check out the Centre's two new Practice Guides aimed at supporting aged care providers to meet the needs of consumers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: 1. Digital Inclusion - An overview of the issues faced by older people in accessing digital technology and key considerations in improving digital connectedness. 2. Culturally Inclusive Feedback - Strategies for ensuring...
Diversity and Inclusion training opportunities
Check out the online diversity and inclusion training resources available on the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing website.
Talk to us about your training needs.
Culturally inclusive data collection
What data are you collecting about your consumers? Delivery of culturally inclusive aged care relies on collection of relevant data form your consumers. The minimal core set of cultural and language indicators proposed by the Australian Bureau of Statistic are: country of birth of person; main language other than English spoken at home; proficiency in spoken English; Indigenous status. In the...
Inclusive Service Standards Training
Learn more about the Inclusive Service Standards by completing the online training modules. They provide an introduction to each Standard and ideas on how you can implement inclusive practices within your own organisation. The modules are also available for uploading onto your own Learning Management System. Find out more