October 10, 2017
Online Cross-Cultural Care Program for Aged Care Staff
The Cross-Cultural Care Program for Aged Care Staff is an online training program aimed at supporting staff to provide high-quality cross-cultural care for residents and to improve team cohesion. This program includes 5 learning modules and Work related English Language Resources for Staff. Based on a research project entitled ‘Developing the multicultural workforce to improve the quality of...
October 10, 2017
Snapshot of diversity in residential aged care
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is proud to announce the release of a new study ‘Ageing in Australia: country of birth and language preferences of residents in aged care facilities’. The study provides an overview of utilisation rates among people born in non-English-speaking countries and/or who have a preferred language other than English. The results demonstrate a substantial...
June 27, 2017
Ageing in Australia Expo 2017
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing was proud to once again host the Ageing in Australia Expo. The Expo, held on Saturday 29th April at the Melbourne Town Hall, provided a great opportunity for older people and their families to find out about the range of services available to them. Visitors were able to mingle with 50 exhibitors representing aged care providers, government departments,...
August 01, 2017
FREE Multicultural Leadership Course – Wyndham
Australian Multicultural Community Services is inviting ethnic community leaders and all interested individuals to participated in this completely free Multicultural Leadership Course. Read more ...
June 27, 2017
Advance Care Planning Implementation Guide
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) is undertaking a project, funded by Decision Assist, which aims to develop an advance care planning implementation guide for aged care providers in community and residential care settings. If you are a person working in the community or residential aged care sector, you are invited to complete a survey exploring how advance care planning is...