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Focus on Diversity: National Workshop Series

focus on diversityThis one day workshop provides an opportunity for managers and leaders working in aged care to deepen their knowledge and build their capacity in culturally inclusive service provision. Participants explore ways to plan and implement strategies that reflect a culturally inclusive approach in order to enhance outcomes at an individual level and create lasting change at an organisational level.

Perth – 26 July
Melbourne – 9 August
Adelaide – 20 September
Brisbane – 24 October
Sydney – 15 November

The Focus on Diversity: Delivering Services in a culturally inclusive way workshop is the result of a partnership between the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing and the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency and will be run in each State over the coming months. Places are limited so act now to secure your registration.

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 Acknowledgements

Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing acknowledges and pays respect to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, on whose land this website was developed. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their ancestors and elders, both past and present and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We hope our work contributes to the wider project of respect and recognition between cultures in Australia. Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing receives project funding from the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care to administer the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) program in Victoria.

 

Did you know?

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37%
37% of people aged 65 years and over in Australia were born overseas.
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There are over 400 separately identified languages spoken in Australian homes.
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Australians follow more than 120 religious and spiritual beliefs.
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28% & 20%
28% percent of people using home care and 20% percent of people using permanent residential care are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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36%
36% of care attendants in residential aged care are identified as being from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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Australia’s Indigenous peoples are two distinct cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But there is great diversity within these two broadly described groups exemplified by the over 250 different language groups spread across the nation.