Multilingual health and aged care information for providers
Below is a list of multilingual resources which you can access to assist you in your work with consumers who speak languages other than English. The resources can be downloaded by following the links provided.
You can find information under the following topics:
- Aged Care Services
- Health and Wellbeing
- Mental Health
- Financial Issues
- Safety
- Directories and Search Engines
Aged Care Services
Myagedcare (Australian Government Department of Health)
Aged Care Complaints Commissioner (Australian Government Department of Health)
- Languages available: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Australian Charter of Health Care Rights in Victoria (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
- Languages available: Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
Carers Services (Carers Australia Victoria)
- Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
Letter and Poster Collection (Australian Aged Care Quality Agency)
- Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog (Filipino), Turkish, Vietnamese
Information on Discrimination (Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission)
- Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chin, Chinese, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Nuer, Persian, Russian, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tigrigna, Turkish, Vietnamese
My Health Record (Australian Digital Health Agency)
Languages available: ATSI languages, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian (Farsi), Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Health and Wellbeing
Advance Care Planning (Advance Care Planning Australia)
- Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Arthritis (Arthritis Australia)
- Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Hearing Loss (Australian Hearing)
Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese
Bladder and Bowel Health (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dinka, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Breast Cancer Resources (Breast Cancer Network Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, English, Greek, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Bowel Cancer Screening Program (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, German, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Maltese, Nepalese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Filipino or Tagalog, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Malta, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese Arabic, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
Continence Foundation of Australia
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Filipino, Deutsch German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Dementia (Dementia Australia)
Languages available: Many resources in multiple languages
Dementia and Memory Loss (Dementia Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Bengali, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hazeragi, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
Dementia Prevention - Your Brain Matters Help sheet (Your Brain Matters)
Languages available: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Diabetes – Multicultural Diabetes Portal (National Diabetes Services Scheme)
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kirundi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Punjabi, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Diabetes Talking Books (Bolton Clarke)
Languages available: Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Vietnamese
Elder Abuse Online Tool Kit (Seniors Rights Victoria)
Languages available: Bosnian, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Punjabi, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese
Elder Abuse Prevention (Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria)
Languages available: Croatian, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese separately), Chinese (Cantonese with Mandarin subtitles), English, Greek, Serbian, Tagalog (Filipino), Turkish, Polish, Macedonian, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Russian, Vietnamese
Gambler's help (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)
Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Italian
Health Ageing-Strength-based training tip sheets (Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, German, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
Heart Health (Heart Foundation)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Medicine Management: Webster-pak Multilingual (Webstercare)
Languages available - Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Organ and Tissue Donation (Australian Government Organ and Tissue Authority)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian (Bahasa), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese
Palliative Care (Palliative Care Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Palliative Care Videos (CareSearch)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Greek, Mandarin
Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Talking with your Doctor (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Quit Australia (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Mental Health
Mental Health Multilingual Resources (NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre)
Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
National Mental Health Strategy Resources (Mental Health in Multicultural Australia - MHiMA)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
Financial Issues
Financial Abuse Fact Sheets (Seniors Online Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Financial Support (Australian Government Department of Human Services)
Languages available: 67 languages
Safety
Fire danger / safety information (Country Fire Authority - CFA)
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Chin, Croatian, Dari, Fijian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese
Home Fire safety booklet (Melbourne Fire Brigade (MFB)
Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Dinka, English, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Urdu
Heatwave Information (Staying Healthy in the Heat) (State Government of Victoria, Department of Health)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Maltese, Nuer, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese
Directories and Search Engines
CareSearch - Palliative Care Knowledge Network
Palliative Care Resources in multiple community languages.
Cancer Directory Website provides comprehensive online directory of cancer care publications and resources.
Over 500 are translated by accredited NAATI organisations into 56 languages.
Search for translated health information.
Multicultural Health Communication
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Search for translated health information.
Health Translations Directory (Victorian Government)
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
Search for translated health information.
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Use our main site search in the top menu to discover resources developed under the Community Partners Program (CPP) and Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) initiative in addition to other resources housed on this site.
Please note: The resources available on the National Resources Search have been developed by the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing as well as other organisations funded by the Department of Social Services under the Community Partners Program (CPP) and Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) initiative.
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