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Dementia and Community Care Conference 2013

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Total Aged Services presents the 'Dementia and Community Care Conference 2013', which will be held on the 30th and 31st October at Caulfield Racecourse, Victoria.

2013 will be the first year for the Dementia and Community Care Conference, a major forum for CEOs, managers, senior clinicians, health care professionals, academics, researchers and other interested professionals and staff working with people with dementia in community care settings. The conference will focus on both policy and practice issues and aims to deliver sessions which have genuine relevance to both organisations and staff. The two-day event will feature a boutique trade display creating an excellent opportunity for professional networking and information sharing.

Ljubica Petrov from the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing will be presenting on day 2 of the conference - she will be discussing 'The role of culture, ethnicity & language in understanding individuals’ needs'.

Visit the conference website to view more details, including the program and registration form.

 


 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.