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‘Celebration Day’ – the opening day of the Victorian Seniors Week Festival – was held on Sunday 5 October 2014, and the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing once again hosted a busy stall along the banks of the Yarra River. Information packs were distributed in 26 languages – the largest number of languages ever disseminated at the event – with 876 packs collected by members of the public....

Eight things you need to know about dementia In partnership with the Multicultural Hub, City of Melbourne is offering a free information session about dementia specifically tailored for people who speak English as a second language. This session will be run by Alzheimer's Australia. WHEN: Friday 10 October at 12.30pm to 1.30pm WHERE: The Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth Street Melbourne A light...

Melbourne Health want feedback from patients and the community to help inform their direction and vision over the next 5 years. Melbourne Health includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital, North West Mental Health and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL). Their 'Shaping our Future' campaign is about everyone having their say in the future of one of Australia's preeminent...

Spiritual Health Victoria (formerly Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria Inc.) have developed a new education resource for aged care - the Spirituality in Aged Care Professional Development Program. This program is an innovative education resource designed to assist aged care providers to better understand what is meant by spirituality and spiritual care, and to identify and respond to the...

An intergenerational forum - Working Together Across Generations will be held at Deakin Edge, Federation Square on Tuesday 7th October 2014. The forum will be chaired by the Commissioner for Senior Victorians on behalf of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Senior Victorians (MACSV). Part of the MACSV's role is to provide advice to government regarding opportunities for intergerational...

The latest FECCA NCAN-News features two of the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Award winners, Angela Ng, Villa Maria (White Road Activity and Respite) and Mr Urfi Mirza from Southern Cross Care. The September Issue, dedicated to raising awareness about dementia explores how Dementia care within culturally and linguistically diverse communities featured prominently in the work...

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing will once again host a stall along the banks of the Yarra at Seniors Week 'Celebration Day' at Federation Square on Sunday 5th October 2014. We will be distributing information about aged care in Australia in over 18 different languages including Arabic, Chinese, Coatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian,...

The Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria and BreastScreen Victoria are offering FREE health information sessions for community groups in Metropolitan Melbourne in the following languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Turkish, Vietnamese and English . Other languages are available with an interpreter. Quit smoking: Breathe Well Free Quit smoking sessions are...

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...