Conference presentations

Training: Video presentations

View the presentations from the 2021 Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference.

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Welcome

Tasneem ChopraCross Cultural Consultant OAM and Conference Moderator

 

Consumers as partners – Co-designing home care services with Aboriginal elders

Toby Dawson Head of Strategic Partnerships - IRT Group

 

Alone Together – Communicating the needs and experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse older people in a creative way during COVID19

Dr Ruth De Souza RN, PhD, FACN Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow School of Art, College of Design and Social Context - RMIT University

 

Q and A session and invitations to share good practice

Tasneem Chopra Cross Cultural Consultant OAM and Conference Moderator

 

A Fair Go – Increasing participation in aged care services for older people from culturally diverse backgrounds

Elizabeth Drozd Chief Executive Officer - Australian-Multicultural Community Services

 

Increasing linguistic diversity of aged care staff through consumer language lessons

Jacinta Jarutis Group Lifestyle Coordinator - Medical and Aged Care Group
Rebeca G. Portero Lifestyle Team Leader - Medical and Aged Care Group

 

Cross cultural communication

Dr Tom Verghese Founder - Cultural Synergies

 

Panel Discussion

Dr Katrina Long School of Primary and Allied Health Care - Monash University
Dr Jim Hlavac Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Services - Monash University
Dr Jill Freyne Deputy Research Director - Australian EHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
Emiliano Zucchi Director of the Transcultural & Language Services department and the Narrun Wilip-giin Aboriginal Support Unit - Northern Health

 

Depicting the lives of people of CALD background in Australia living with dementia

Danijela Hlis Author, Carer and Advocate

 

Innovative approaches to inclusive practice by leaders in the aged care sector

Lisa Tribuzio Manager - Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

 

Conference Closing

Tasneem Chopra Cross Cultural Consultant OAM and Conference Moderator

 

View presentations on a range of topics from the 2018 Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference.

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Consumer Directed Care 

Consumer Directed Care (CDC) and vulnerable aged people  Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM, Former Head of Department of Nursing and Midwifery at RMIT University

 

Aged Care Quality Standards  

Diversity and Aged Care Quality Standards   Ann Wunsch, Executive Director Operations, Australian Aged Care Quality Agency

 

Aboriginal Aged Care               

Our care our way: Aged care services for Aboriginal peoples Noeleen Tunny, VACCHO, Stephanie Suter, Mungabareena Aboriginal Corp. & Rhonda Watson, ACES 

 

Inclusive strategies 

Inclusive Service Standards - Embedding inclusive practice across all policies, strategies and practices  Ljubica Petrov, Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

Focusing on solutions and strategies that improve aged care for older people from CALD backgrounds   Cristina Giusti, FECCA 

 

Interpreter Services               

Accessing interpreting services via TIS National Julie Hallifax & Michael Edwards, TIS National 

 

Health translations 

Five good reasons you should use Health Translations  Matt Loads, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health

 

Inclusive organisations             

Journey to becoming an inclusive organisation - Uniting’s Cultural Diversity Strategy  Margaret Teuma, Uniting, NSW

Bolton Clark Diversity Framework and support resources  Jaklina Michael, Bolton Clarke

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Rights Information and Advocacy Centre  Pamela Bibby, RIAC

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra Chris Lacey, Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Umbrella  Henrietta Podgorska, Umbrella Multicultural Community Care Services

Excellence in Cultural Diversity in Ageing - MiCARE  Alexis Hughes, MiCare