August 24, 2012
Throughout spring, the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing will host a number of new collaborative workshops in both Melbourne and regional Victoria. The workshop series is titled 'Supporting Cultural Diversity in Aged Care: Spring Workshops 2012', and will include the following workshops: Melbourne Workshops ‘Speaking My Language’ – Best practice in understanding behaviours of people with...
August 10, 2012
Communication Cards have been developed in four new languages- Albanian, French, Hindi, and Japanese . The Communication Cards have been designed as a tool for enhancing communication with people in their preferred language. They depict a wide range of daily activities and situations and can be used to prompt discussion, assist with directions, clarify a client’s needs, etc. The Communication...
July 25, 2012
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has just released a guide to assist employers who work with Muslim employees. The ‘Cultural diversity in the workplace: A guide for employers working with Muslim employees’ resource provides employers with useful information on common Islamic practices such as daily prayers, observance of Ramadan, wearing the hijab, beards and halal...
July 19, 2012
On June 29th the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing teamed up with Gippsland Palliative Care Consortium and Gippsland Multicultural Services to present the Delivering Culturally Inclusive Palliative Care Workshop. The workshop, held at the Italo-Australian Club in Morwell, was attended by 45 aged care professionals working across the South Gippsland region. The full day program began with...
July 19, 2012
The holy month of Ramadan commences for Muslims in Australia on Friday 20 July, and is a time for Muslims worldwide to fast from dawn until dusk. A religious tradition dating back to 624 AD, Ramadan is the fourth pillar of Islam that every Muslim must endeavour to observe or fulfil. It involves abstaining from food, drink, smoking and other pleasures to achieve greater self-discipline,...
July 13, 2012
Australian Bureau of Statistics has annouced the first release of data from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Core demographic data are available through the online Census products such as QuickStats and Community Profiles . Visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics website for more information
July 12, 2012
The Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, the Hon Nicholas Kotsiras MP, has welcomed the first release of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data which has highlighted the changing nature of Victoria’s multicultural society. For further information on the Census, please see the ABS website.
July 05, 2012
We have added more photos to the gallery of the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2012 Conference: Stories to Inspire! See below for a sneak peak or click here to view the entire photo gallery .
July 05, 2012
Translating and Interpreter Service (TIS) National have announced a new online form for booking interpreter requests. There are several benefits to using the online forms to submit your interpreter booking requests to TIS National including: Interpreter booking request is conveniently accessible and quick to complete. Ensures all of the information currently required by TIS National to process...
July 03, 2012
The Australian Greek Welfare Society has produced their latest newsletter- Hellenic e-newsletter, June 2012 edition. Topics include: Greek Carers in Geelong; Greek Carers and their Centrelink Issues; Sleep Matters Workshop in the Northern Region; Supporting our Greek Residents; Supporting Gippsland Aged Care and Health Professionals; Family law Information Sessions; Dealing Effectively with...
June 28, 2012
The Federal Government has announced its intention to release a plan that specifically caters to the needs of older Australians from diverse backgrounds. Minister for Ageing Mark Butler said at the ‘Cultural Diversity in Ageing’ conference in Melbourne that he plans to release a “CALD specific aged care strategy” before the end of the year. “The [strategy] we currently have was written in 1995...
June 28, 2012
The Cancer Council Australia has launched a website to assist Australians from linguistically diverse backgrounds to access cancer information in their own language. The Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Cancer Resource Directory is a searchable online library of 600 publications, videos and websites and provides a wide range of information including cancer prevention, treatment and...