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Pictured: From left - Dr Catherine Barrett and Ms Pat Sparrow Last month the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing hosted the second forum under the Diversity in Ageing Leadership Initiative. Attracting 40 leaders representing aged care providers, peak organisations, government and the tertiary sector, the forum was chaired by Dr Catherine Barrett, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and...

The inaugural ‘Cultural Diversity in Ageing Partners Network’ was held on the 29th August 2013. The forum, “Effective Partnerships and Cultural Diversity in Ageing” brought together respresentatives from over 30 different organisations including those funded under the Aged Care Service Improvement Healthy Ageing Grants Fund. Bruce Shaw from Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia...

Thousands of Victorian seniors and their families braved the uncertain weather to participate in Celebration Day – the opening day of Senior’s Week at Federation Square on Sunday 6 October. The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing hosted a highly successful stall along the banks of the Yarra and distributed information about aged care in Australia in 18 different languages. With the...

Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria in partnership with Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council invite you to a forum to plan future services and strong active communities. Date: Tuesday 3rd September 2013 Time: 9:30am —1:00pm Venue: Function Hall, GPLACE, 102 English Street, Golden Point 3350 RSVP: By 27th August by following the prompts at: sdacforum.eventbrite.com.au or calling 5332 5941...

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...

Following on from the popular metropolitan workshops, we're happy to announce some free regional workshops in Apollo Bay (19th September) and Shepparton (29th November)! The workshops are aimed at people working across all levels of residential aged care, this workshop will provide participants with: information about key issues affecting clients from culturally and linguistically diverse...

An exciting new initiative to improve support with life-limiting illness, death and grief for multicultural communities was launched by the Victorian Minister for Health, Hon David Davis, on Tuesday, 6th August 2013. The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria, the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health and Palliative Care Victoria are the lead project partners and will use best practice...

Eastern Health is seeking consumer participation from members of our multicultural community . They are asking for assistance to spread the word to culturally and linguistically diverse community members you may know or be working with, to ensure multicultural communities have a say in the way they provide health care. Eastern Health is the major provider of public health services in the eastern...

Total Aged Services presents the 'Dementia and Community Care Conference 2013', which will be held on the 30th and 31st October at Caulfield Racecourse, Victoria. 2013 will be the first year for the Dementia and Community Care Conference, a major forum for CEOs, managers, senior clinicians, health care professionals, academics, researchers and other interested professionals and staff working...

The Population Diversity in Local Councils in Victoria: 2011 Census publication is now available for free download from the Victorian Multicultural Commission website . This publication provides data on the key census cultural and language diversity indicators for Victoria’s population, including country of birth (birthplace), language spoken at home and religion by Local Government Areas (LGA)....

The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) in conjunction with the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ) and the Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast (MCCGC) are hosting the 2013 FECCA Conference to be held from Thursday 7 to Friday 8 November 2013 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. The theme for this year’s conference is Breaking down...

Alzheimer’s Australia is conducting research on end of life care for people with dementia. The project aims to identify barriers and enablers to quality end of life care from the perspective of carers involved in end of life care. If you work in end of life care or aged care, or are a current or former family carer of a person with dementia, Alzheimer’s Australia wants to hear about your views...