Culturally Safe Care

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing held a Healing History Walk and Truth Telling Yarn for the Aged Care Sector in collaboration with Initiatives of Change Australia.

The following topics were addressed in the aged care sector yarn:

• The visionary founders of the Aboriginal Advancement League and their ongoing struggle for social justice;
• The work of Initiatives of Change in building trust with Indigenous communities through the Turruk program;
• The importance of co-designing aged care facilities with Indigenous community members;
• Reconciliation Action Plans and what organisations can do to promote reconciliation; and
• The current aged care regulatory and policy environment and implications for culturally safe care.

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PPT of the Turruk Truth Telling Yarn for the Aged Care Sector