Ageing in Australia- Cultural Diversity in Aged Care Expo
Do you need information about aged care services in Australia?
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing presents a free special event which will help you and your loved ones learn about aged care services. You will be able to talk with service providers, receive free advice and collect multilingual information aimed at helping you to navigate the aged care system, as well as enjoying refreshments and special multicultural performances.
Interpreting services will be available on request.
Exhibitors include:
ADEC (Advocacy, Disability, Ethnicity, Community), Alzheimer’s Australia — Victoria, Arthritis Victoria, Australian Greek Welfare Society, Australian Hearing, Australian Multicultural Community Services, Benetas, beyondblue, Blue Cross, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Care Connect, Carers Victoria, Centrelink, Chelsea Manor, Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc., CO.AS.IT. , Continence Foundation of Australia — Victoria, Department of Health, Elder Rights Advocacy, Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria, Fronditha Care, MS Australia, Palliative Care Victoria, Retirement Village Association, Royal District Nursing Services (RDNS), Victorian Continence Resource Centre, Victorian PICAC and CPP Funded Organisations.
Proudly sponsored by:
Australian Govenment, Department of Health and Ageing under the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Aged Care Program.
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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?
37%
37% of people aged 65 years and over in Australia were born overseas.
400
There are over 400 separately identified languages spoken in Australian homes.
120
Australians follow more than 120 religious and spiritual beliefs.
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.
36%
36% of care attendants in residential aged care are identified as being from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
250
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.