Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing E-Newsletter

Issue no. 18 / February 2014

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

Nominations are now open for the inaugural Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards that will be presented at the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2014 Conference: Shaping Inclusive Services.

This unique award scheme showcases leadership and innovation by organisations and individuals that inspires and promotes excellence in the provision of culturally inclusive aged care services.

The awards honour 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.

Organisations and individuals from across the country are encouraged to apply in the following categories:

• Excellence within the Not-for-Profit Sector – awarded to a community organisation demonstrating outstanding initiatives that support the wellbeing of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
   
• Excellence within Aged Care Services – awarded to an aged care provider that demonstrates a systematic culturally inclusive approach to service provision in a residential or home based service
   
• The Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM Award for Individual Excellence - awarded to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional commitment and initiative in delivery of culturally inclusive aged care

Winners from each category will be publicly announced at the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2014 Conference on 12 June 2014.

Nominations close 2 May 2014.
 

The judging panel for the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards are:

Annalisa Cannizzaro
Carer & Community Development Worker
Carers Victoria

Ms Betty Haralambous, BSW, MSW
Research Fellow, Health Promotion Division
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)

Nikolaus Rittinghausen
Policy Officer Aged Care
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV)

Diana FitzGerald
General Manager of Training
Leading Age Services, Victoria (LASA)

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Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM - Inspiring Excellence

The Excellence Awards includes the Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM Award for Individual Excellence in recognition of the ground breaking and inspiring work of Dr Kanitsaki in the areas of multicultural health care and nursing.

Dr Kanitsaki AM is the former Head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at RMIT University, and the first Professor of Transcultural Nursing. Throughout her career she has been a lead advocate for a more culturally responsive health care system in Victoria.

In 1995 she received an Order of Australia in recognition of her achievements, and she completed her PhD in medical anthropology in 2000.

The Dr Olga Kanitsaki AM Award for Individual Excellence will be awarded to an individual demonstrating similar passion and outstanding contribution to culturally inclusive aged care.

Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2014 Conference: Shaping Inclusive Services

Registrations are now open for the Cultural Diversity in
Ageing 2014 Conference: Shaping Inclusive Services.

This much anticipated two-day event will be held at the
Melbourne Convention Centre on 12-13 June 2014 and will feature an exciting range of keynote, workshop and poster presentations addressing culturally inclusive aged care.

Both two and one day registrations are available for this
national event.

Abstract submissions are also currently being accepted for the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2014 Conference.

We welcome abstracts that address the conference theme of ‘shaping inclusive services’ and initiatives designed to ensure quality outcomes for older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Abstract submissions close Friday 28 February 2014.

For more information on abstracts, registrations and the
Excellence Awards, visit www.culturaldiversity.com.au/
conference-2014

Be quick to register for our 2014 Workshops

There are still a few places left in the latest series of professional development workshops to be held from February until June 2014.

The workshops will cover a variety of themes including cultural diversity in residential care (booked out), working with interpreters and language services, cultural diversity in home-based care and managing aged care in a culturally diverse setting.

All workshops are free of charge to Victorian approved aged care providers and will be held at Tooronga Community Centre (Vic).

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Culturally Responsive End of Life Care Forum

The Migrant Information Centre is hosting a Good Practice Forum on Culturally Responsive End of Life Care on Thursday 8th May 2014.

The forum will be held at Whitehorse Civic Centre in Nunawading and is aimed at aged care and carer support workers (in both community and residential care) in the eastern region of Melbourne - this is not limited to palliative care staff, but open to all who are in contact with CALD groups facing end of life.

This project covers the seven Local Government Areas’s of Boroondara, Manningham, Whitehorse, Monash, Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges.

When: Thursday 8th May 2014
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Where: Waratah Room, Whitehorse Civic Centre, 379-397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading

This forum is funded by the Commonwealth Government under the project ‘Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities’.

If you would like to register for this free event, please contact Jessica Thompson either by email JessicaT@miceastmelb.com.au or direct line on 9275 6903. As there are limited places for this session it is important that you do register to reserve your place.

CALDWays 2014: ‘Collaboration for Success’

The Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) NSW and ACT Program is pleased to open registrations for the 2014 CALDWays: ‘Collaboration for Success’ forum, which will be held on Tuesday 6th May at Rydges Lakeside in Canberra.

CALDWays 2014 will build on the success of the first CALDWays forum, held in June 2013, which focused on the National Ageing and Aged Care Strategy for People from CALD Backgrounds, released by the Australian Government in 2012.

The 2014 forum will focus on enhancing the performance of the aged care service sector through partnership and collaboration with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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Challenge what you think you know about racism

Everyday Racism is a game/education mobile app, which challenges players to live a week in the life of an Aboriginal man, a Muslim woman, an Indian student or just yourself.

Available for the first time in Australia, Everyday Racism offers a journey to better understand racism by walking in the shoes of someone else for seven days.

It’s an immersive experience where over the course of one week, you’ll receive texts, tweets, images and videos that will challenge you and your assumptions. It will help you understand the importance of speaking up when you witness racism.

Seize this opportunity to experience what life can be like for ethnic and cultural minorities in Australia.

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A Taste of Harmony: 17- 23 March 2014

Share a world of food and culture at work with A Taste of Harmony

A Taste of Harmony celebrates the diversity in Australian workplaces by encouraging colleagues to share food and stories from different cultural backgrounds.

A Taste of Harmony takes place during March when thousands of workplaces across Australia will host a lunch, morning or afternoon tea, inviting colleagues to contribute a dish that represents their own cultural heritage.

Visit www.tasteofharmony.org.au to sign up, then choose a date within the week of 17-23 March to hold your event, and ask workmates to bring a dish to share.

A Taste of Harmony is a fun, free and delicious way to celebrate our cultural diversity.

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