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Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing
 
Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing Newsletter
Issue No. 44 / June 2021

VIDEO LAUNCH

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is pleased to invite you to the launch of two new videos on inclusive leadership within the aged care sector.

The videos feature leaders from four organisations sharing their commitment to recognising and responding to the diversity, equity and inclusion of the people they serve.  

The videos will be launched at the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference 2021.

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Conference
Don't forget to register for the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference 2021!

This year's theme is Care to Communicate – Hearing the voices of older people.

The conference will showcase a line-up of speakers who are working to improve the ways in which aged care services can garner the voices of older people to shape a more equitable aged care system, now and into the future.

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Excellence Awards
Are you aware of an organisation or individual doing great work in meeting the needs of older people from culturally diverse backgrounds? 

Why not nominate them for a Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Award? 

Nominations close Sunday 20th June.

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Meet our Judging Panel
We are delighted to announce the judges of this year's Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards. We look forward to celebrating and sharing all the great work going on across Australia. 
Webinars
Join us for the next webinar in our
Diversity Training Series!


Cross Cultural Communication
Thursday 17th June 2021

This webinar aims to equip staff working within the aged care sector with the knowledge and skills in communicating effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

The webinar will be lead by Dr Tom Verghese, cross-cultural coach and founder of Cultural Synergies. He is an energetic speaker and author of four books. Tom has worked globally in his 30 years of consulting. Of Indian origin, raised in Malaysia, he resides in Melbourne with his English born wife and children. Tom is an expert panelist on the Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmark (GDIB).

Register Free Here

Other upcoming webinars:


Creating Inclusive Organisations

Wednesday 14th July 2021  Register here


Linking Inclusive Practice to Aged Care Quality Standards
Wednesday 4th August 2021 
Register here

Applying a Diversity Lens to Consumer Centered Care
Wednesday 15th September 2021 
Register here

Inclusive Consumer Feedback
Wednesday 17th November 2021 
Register here



Visit out website to watch all our previous webinars in the series. 
New resources
Communication Cards and Aged Care Signage

Four new languages have been added to our  collection of cards and signs: Urdu, Hebrew, Sinhalese and Gaelic.

We now have a total of 61 languages free to download from our website. 

Find them here 
 
Contact Us
 
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VIC 3122
  Phone: (03) 8823 7979
Fax: (03) 9822 6870
Email: info@culturaldiversity.com.au
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The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is funded through the Department of Health, Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) program and supported by Benetas.

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