Conference welcome

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing invites you to the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2012 Conference.

The two day event will be held on 7-8 June 2012 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The program will consist of keynote speakers, workshop presenters and poster presentations representing a broad range of interests within the aged care and related sectors including industry representatives, providers, practitioners, educators, researchers and consumer advocates.

The conference will address a broad range of themes associated with the design and delivery of culturally inclusive services and showcase best practice and innovative service models.  Topics will include social inclusion, elder rights, person-centred care, residential care, community care, workforce diversity, clinical care, palliative care, research, dementia care and carer support.

The development and delivery of culturally inclusive policies and services can be challenging. This conference will provide delegates with innovate approaches and solutions as well as opportunities to meet with others to share ideas and experiences on cultural inclusion in ageing.

The conference theme this year is ‘Stories to Inspire’.  This will provide delegates with an opportunity to take a unique and creative approach to cultural diversity in ageing, and encourage people to consider the stories of ethnic communities, aged care services and staff, carers and of course stories of ageing migrants in the community.

We want this to be a dynamic, educational and inspiring event. We want delegates to discuss successes, explore future challenges and share their stories to build a national platform from which we can achieve excellence in care and services for our ageing population in Australia.