FECCA is looking for stories!
Are you an older person from a CALD background that has a story to tell about what it is like to be growing older in Australia, your experiences with the aged care system or your life as an immigrant?
Are you a carer or family member of an older person from a CALD background, or a service provider working with them?
If so, FECCA would like to hear your story.
The stories may be published in the Spring 2013 edition of FECCA’s Australian Mosaic magazine, which will focus on the theme of CALD aged care, in the National CALD Ageing Network (NCAN) news bulletin NCAN News and on the FECCA website. They may also be used to inform and personalise FECCA’s submissions to government inquiries and other consultations about ageing and aged care issues. Stories can be published anonymously at the owner’s request.
FECCA invites CALD seniors, their families and carers to write down, or share through an interview, their stories about their experiences as a person from a CALD background growing older in Australia. We are particularly keen to hear from carers or family members of CALD seniors living with dementia.
If you are interested, please contact Melanie Tulloch (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Bruce Shaw (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by email or at the FECCA office on 02 6282 5755.
You can find more information, including a consent form, on the FECCA website at http://www.fecca.org.au/we-want-to-hear-your-stories.