2012 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards - Nominations now open
Do you know an inspirational older Victorian who is making an extraordinary difference to their community? Celebrate their contribution and nominate them for the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.Five awards are offered:
- Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year.
- Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria Senior Achiever Awards.
- Promotion of Multiculturalism Award.
- Healthy and Active Living Award.
- Veteran Community Award.
Dates
Nominations are accepted from 14 May 2012 to 20 July 2012
Doug McColl OAM, winner of the 2011 Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year
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.