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Registrations now open to exhibit in Ageing in Australia Expo 2013

Following on from the success of the Ageing in Australia: Cultural Diversity in Aged Care Expo last year, the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing will once again host the Expo at the Melbourne Town Hall in 2013.

The Expo assists people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities access information about aged care and support services that are available to them. Exhibitors include many of Victoria’s leading aged care services, advocacy organisations and government departments, and interpreters and bi-lingual staff are available to facilitate communication between exhibitors and the public.

Registrations for organisations to exhibit in the Ageing in Australia: Cultural Diversity in Aged Care Expo 2013 are now open. This is a unique opportunity for organisations to promote their services to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as network with other providers.  Download the exhibitor information pack here, or call 03 8823 7979 for any queries.


 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.