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The winter edition of Golden Years Magazine published by Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria is now available online. This issue titled ‘Multicultural Aged Care Perspectives’ features an article written by the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing on our 'Ageing in Australia Expo 2015' (page 7). Golden Years showcases a diverse collection of articles focusing on ageing and aged care issues...

HealthWest has released a training manual to support community action to reduce harm from gambling. This joins other resources recently published by HealthWest as part of the project ‘Reducing gambling frequency with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.’ The training manual was developed with CALD communities to reduce the attendance of venues with electronic gaming machines...

Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) has produced a Vietnamese talking book on dementia, which is the fifth in a series of talking books informing community members about the condition. 'Information on Dementia in Vietmanese' is a multi-media tool that can be viewed on a computer or tablet. The talking book helps educate Vietnamese people about memory loss and dementia to assist them to best...

Alzheimer’s Australia Vic and co-hosts COTA Victoria wish to invite you to the Let’s Talk About Sex Conference taking place on the 8-9 September 2015 at the Pullman on the Park, Melbourne, Australia . The inaugural Let’s Talk About Sex Conference aims to challenge many of the assumptions, taboos and stereotypes when it comes to older people and sexual intimacy. The failure to acknowledge...

The Palliative Care: Fit for the Future conference will bring together delegates from across Australia and the world to explore the importance of palliative care in all its dimensions. Clinicians, researchers, volunteers, allied health practitioners, educators, carers and all those who have a passion for palliative care will share best practice, hear the latest research, be challenged by keynote...

The genders have a very different experience of later life. In general women tend to live longer and maintain better physical and psychological health yet they enter later life much less well prepared financially. Men although better off financially find it more difficult to maintain wellbeing into old age and are more likely to experience social isolation and mental health issues. While,...

The FECCA 2015 National Biennial Conference – Multiculturalism in Action: Building a better future for all Australians – will be held in Sydney on 5-6 November 2015. This year's conference is organised jointly by the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) and the Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW (ECC NSW). The Conference will draw together leading decision makers,...

Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) has produced a Home Fire Safety Booklet to assist people in assessing the risk within their homes. An insert with information specific to aged and disability fire safety has also been created to accompany the Home Fire Safety Booklet. These resources are available in English and 21 other languages. For the hearing impaired, the aged and...

'Your Rights at Retirement' is a guide for retirees and older Australians in regards to legal and financial advice, access to health care and other rights. The document, produced by the Australian Human Rights Commission is now available in Chinese, Greek and Italian languages. 'Your Rights at Retirement' covers topics such as: your right to work, health, aged care; your right to be free from...

Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing congratulates Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM, who this year was added to The Victorian Honour Roll of Women in recognition of her efforts to establish a more culturally-responsive health care system in Victoria. The Victorian Honour Roll of Women recognises the achievements and contributions of remarkable Victorian women who have demonstrated leadership and...

Maya Ebrahimi recently joined the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing team. She brings to the team vast experience in nursing, teaching and workforce training. Maya’s experience as a registered nurse in aged care facilities brings to the team valuable knowledge which will ensure relevance of the training we provide to the aged care sector. Since migrating to Australia from Iran in 2008, Maya...

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is running a free professional development workshop on Friday 12th June in Melbourne titled 'Policy development for inclusive aged care services'. This workshop will assist aged care providers to develop policies designed to enhance inclusive service delivery. It will introduce an organisational framework for developing culturally inclusive policies,...