Multilingual health and aged care information

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:

 



Myagedcare (Australian Government Department of Health)

Numerous resources and booklets regarding aged care services.

Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Serbian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Vietnamese, Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Torres Strait Creole (Yumplatok) and Warlpiri

 

COTA Aged Care Contract Checklist (COTA NT)

Languages available: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese

  

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Australian Government Department of Health)

Languages available: Various resources available in other languages

  

Australian Charter of Aged Care Rights - Template for Signing

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese

 

Australian Charter of Health Care Rights in Victoria (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)

Languages available: English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Dari, Farsi, Filipino, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese

 

Carers Victoria

 Languages available: English, Arabic, Greek, Japanese, Karen, Mandarin, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese

  

Consumer voice film 

Languages available: English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Nepali, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Urdu, & Vietnamese.

  

Do you have a concern? (Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission) 

Languages available: 25 languages 

  

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

 

10 Questions 

Languages available: Arabic, Croatian Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, First Nations, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese 

 

Health and Wellbeing

 

Advance Care Planning (Advance Care Planning Australia)

Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

 

Arthritis Factsheets (Arthritis Australia)

 Languages available: Several

 

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 

 

Cancer Australia

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese   

 

Cancer Council Victoria

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 

 

Cancer Patient Information - Cancer Institute NSW

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese 

  

CarerHelp: End of Life Information 

Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, 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 

 

General Cancer Information - Cancer Institute NSW 

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese

  

What is Cancer Screening? - Cancer Institute NSW

Languages available: 25

  

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 (Australian Human Rights Commission)

Languages available: English, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Arabic, Croatian, German, Greek, Italian, French, Macedonian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese 

  

Elder Abuse Prevention (Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria)

Languages available: Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese

   

Elder Abuse Prevention Unit

Languages available: English, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Filipino (Tagalog), German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Polish, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese (Green multilingual brochure: 'Elder Abuse, Mistreatment & Exploitation')

 English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese (White multilingual brochure: "Mistreatment of Older People')

 

Gambler's help (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Italian 

 

Healthy Bones Australia  (Healthy Bones Australia)

 Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified & Traditional, Greek, Italian, Punjabi and Vietnamese 

 

Heart Health (Heart Foundation)

Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

  

Kidney Health Australia

Languages available: Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Arabic, English, Simplified Chinese

 

Multicultural Families Organisation

Languages available:English, Arabic, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portugese, Punjabi, Spanish, Thai, 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) various resources available 

Languages available: Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Karen, Serbian, Spanish Russian, Hindi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese 

  

Palliative Care Victoria - Glossary of Terms Victoria -  (Palliative Care Victoria) 

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Macedonian, Polish and Vietnamese 

  

Palliative Care Videos (CareSearch)

Languages available: Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Mandarin, Spanish and Ukrainian

 

Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Victoria)

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

  

Planning Ahead: Raising awareness for future healthcare planning (Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra)

Posters available in 17 languages 

   

Respect Older People: 'Call It Out' (Respect Victoria) 

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese

 

Stroke Information in other Languages 

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese

 

Talking with your Doctor (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)

Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Vietnamese, Chinese(Simplified), Italian

 

Quit Australia (Australian Government Department of Health)

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

 

Voluntary Assisted Dying (Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services)

Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Dari, Farsi, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese

 

 

Voluntary Assisted Dying - Bilingual Glossary (Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services)

Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Dari, Farsi, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese

 

 

Dementia Support

 

Dementia (Dementia Australia)

Languages available:  Many resources in multiple languages

 

Moving Pictures project  (National Ageing Research Institute Ltd)

Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Tamil, Vietnamese, English

 

 

Disability and NDIS

 

ADEC (Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities) Website Resources

ADEC offers a range of information on Disability and the NDIS in various languages

  

Making a Complaint - Disability Services Commissioner

Languages available: 21 languages

  

Office of the Public Advocate (various resources)

Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Filipino, Turkish, Vietnamese

  

What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)

 Languages available: 39 languages

  

Understanding Disability in Australia (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)

 Languages available: 39 languages

 

 

Mental Health

  

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB)

Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Greek and Vietnamese

  

Embrace Multicultural Mental Health

 Numerous resources.

Languages availableItalian,Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Simplified,Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Greek, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, 

Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese

   

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

   

Transcultural Mental Health Centre 

Languages available:  44 languages

 

 

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

 

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, Italian, Khmer, Kurdish, Macedonian, Nuer, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

 

Communication Tools

 

 

Aged Care Signage (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)

Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English Farsi, French. German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish,Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yiddish. 

   

Bilingual Phrases (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)

Languages available: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Gujarati, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hakha Chin, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sicilian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish

  

Communication Cards - for aged care settings (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)

Languages available: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Gujarati, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), German, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sicilian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish

  

CALD Assist

Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese.

 

Cue Cards - for health settings (Eastern Health)

Language available: 67 languages

  

Interpreter Cards (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)

Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Maltese, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese

  

'Please Arrange an Interpreter' Cards (Victorian Government)

Languages available: 32 languages

  

TIS National Multilingual Posters and Cards (Department of Home Affairs)

Multiple languages available

  

Directories and Search Engines

 

CareSearch - Palliative Care Knowledge Network

Palliative Care Resources in multiple community languages.

 

Health Direct Australia

Search for translated health information.

  

Health Translations Directory (Victorian Government)

Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Search for translated health information.

  

Multicultural Health Communication

NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service

Search for translated health information.

  

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This page was last updated: April 2024