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What do people who are diagnosed with a life-limiting illness think of life? Of death? How do they want to die? What gives them joy? Have they had dreams or visions about death, or the hereafter? Pippa Wischer asked forty people who are receiving palliative care questions about life, dreams and dying. Photographing them while they answered these intimate and complex questions, The Dreamers...

Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council in partnership with Alzheimer’s Australia VIC invite you to the free Community Expo “Count Us In – Shaping Inclusive Communities” to celebrate Dementia Awareness Month 2014 . When: Thursday, 25th September, 10am-2pm Where: GPLACE, 102 English Street, Golden Point 3350 The event will have a Multicultural emphasis, but with an open invitation to all members...

The Translation and Interpreting Studies Program at Monash University is pleased to announce that three professional development short courses will be offered at their Caulfield campus from September to November 2014. The courses are in: Entry-Level (Community) Interpreting Health Interpreting and Legal Interpreting . Visit the Monash Website for more information.

The Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council and Australian Greek Welfare Society are hosting a Greek cultural briefing in Ballarat on Monday 29th September 2014 . This cultural briefing aims to raise cultural awareness of aged and health care workers in delivering services to people from Greek background. The briefing will be facilitated by Adonis Maglis from the Australian Greek Welfare Society...

Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) is hosting their 2014 Conferece 'Coming of Age - Redefining Ageing' at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 7-10 September. The Conference will be an opportunity to network and to learn how providers of residential and community services are adapting to change. The Conference promises to be a most interesting and informative program of plenary sessions,...

A new report from New Zealand Ministry of Health on Maori health literacy and communication in palliative care is now available online. Health literacy refers to the degree people can access and understand health information to make informed and appropriate health decisions. This report focuses on the health literacy experiences among Māori and their whānau carers who use palliative care. There...

Australian Multicultural Community Services will host the 'Volunteering within Ethnic Communities' Conference on Thursday 14 August, and registrations to attend are now open. The one-day event will acknowledge the great work of volunteers within ethnic communities, and provide expert discussions on the social impact, best practices and challenges experienced by both volunteers and organisations....

Creativity Australia is encouraging Australians to Sing for Spring - a national video competition to get diverse Australian communities singing together for a great cause! Everyone is invited to register now at www.singforspring.com , challenge friends, vote, share and donate. The organisers don’t care if you’ve never sung before - they want to have a bit of fun and get families, schools,...

Nominations for the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards have been extended until Sun 11 May! The unique award scheme honours the not-for-profit sector, aged care services and individual excellence in the delivery of services and support to older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Winners from each category will be publicly announced at the...

Conference keynote speaker A/P Debra King speaks about managing the implications of a diverse workforce in the latest issue of Australian Ageing Agenda. Debra King is the co-author of the National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey. A hundred residential providers were surveryed in 2007 to gain a deeper understanding of their workforces and the proportion of migrant workers. The findings...

Dying to Talk - A dialog on what matters most to us as we approach end of life. COTA Victoria and Palliative Care Victoria invite you to Dying to Talk . This special event is on talking about what matters most to us as we approach end of life and how do we start conversations on what our wishes are for end of life care. This seminar is for older people, family members, carers and staff working...

The LOGOS Centre at Flinders University and the South Australian Council for the Greek Cultural Month are hosting a free public seminar on Wednesday 28 May in Adelaide. The two featured presentations are: Intergenerational Perceptions of Ageing Well within the Australian Greek Diaspora Presented by Dr Helen Fiest, Australian Population and Migration Research Centre, University of Adelaide Lost...