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Aboriginal Elders & Community Care Services - www.aboriginalelders.com.au/content.php?page_id=1
Ph: (08) 8287 1454
Provides accommodation and home care support to Aboriginal Elders, younger adults with disabilities and carers. These services are available across the metropolitan region of Adelaide.
Alzheimer's Australia: www.fightdementia.org.au/understanding-dementia/cultural-diversity.aspx
Alzheimer's Australia is committed to ensuring that the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are met in all aspects of service provision, information, support and education.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au
The HealthInfoNet is a 'one-stop info-shop' that aims to contribute to 'closing the gap' in health between Indigenous and other Australians by informing practice and policy in Indigenous health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible.
Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing - www.culturaldiversity.com.au
This resource has been developed to guide and promote best practice standards of care that address cultural diversity across all levels of service design and delivery.
Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health - www.ceh.org.au
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (CEH) is a unique agency that provides specialist information, training and support on cultural diversity and wellbeing.
Centrelink - www.centrelink.gov.au
Centrelink Multilingual Call: 13 1202
Disability, Sickness and Carers: 13 2717
Seniors Line: 13 2300
TTY: 1800 810 586
Council of Aboriginal Elders of SA - www.caesa.org
The Council of Aboriginal Elders of SA is a state-wide peak advocacy and information service (funded under the HACC Program) providing a vital link between aged care service providers and the Aboriginal Community.
Council on the Ageing NT: www.cotant.org
Information, cross-cultural education and resources.
Community Partners Program (CPP): www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-cpp-index.htm
Includes a list of community based organisations representing CALD communities.
Cultural Planning Tool: www.health.vic.gov.au/agedcare/downloads/cpt.pdf
Planning for Multicultural HACC Services.
Diversicare: www.diversicare.com.au
Free resources for aged care services.
Ethnic Link Services - www.ucwpa.org.au/community-services/ethnic-link-services
Ph: (08) 8241 0201
Support older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to access programs of support.
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)
- www.fecca.org.au/aboutus/what-we-do
FECCA is a peak, national body
representing Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. FECCA’s role is to
advocate, lobby and promote issues on behalf of its constituency to government, business and the
broader community.
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Health Translations Directory - www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au
This directory links to online multilingual health resources from government departments, peak health bodies, hospitals, community health centres and welfare agencies.
Health practitioners who work with culturally and linguistically diverse communities can use this directory to find reliable translated health information.
Independent Living Centre, WA: www.ilc.com.au
Information and resources.
Interpreting and Translating Centre - www.translate.sa.gov.au
The Interpreting and Translating Centre (ITC) provides comprehensive, high quality, efficient, confidential and professional interpreting and translating services. With 36+ years experience, the ITC has developed linguistic and technical expertise in approximately 112 languages and dialects.
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MALSSA Inc - www.malssa.org.au
Multicultural Advocacy and Liaison Service of SA
Ph (08) 8351 9500
Free advocacy and support services to people who have disabilities and their families and carers, especially those from other countries who may not speak or read English well.
Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia - www.mrcsa.com.au
The Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia (MRCSA) is an independent, non-government, leading settlement agency servicing all of South Australia. The MRCSA’s purpose is to support the effective settlement and participation of people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, particularly those who are new arrivals to South Australia.
Multicultural Aged Care - www.mac.org.au
Ph: (08) 8241 9900
MAC aims to: Strengthen ethnic communities’ capacity to develop and support the aged and community care needs of their older people;
Support and assist service providers to give older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds the services of their choice;
Advise governments, peak bodies and mainstream organisations on the aged and community care needs of older people in CALD communities.
- Working Cross Culturally: A Guide is a publication which is the result of a co-operative endeavour of the Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia and MAC. Read here: www.mac.org.au/workingcc.html
- This Guide replaces the former Cultural Care Kit and has been produced to assist South Australian residential aged care facilities and community based service providers to access information relevant to the provision of appropriate care for older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Multicultural Communities Council of SA - www.mccsa.org.au
The Multicultural Communities Council of SA is the peak organisation that efficiently services, innovatively empowers and strongly advocates for cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in South Australia.
Multicultural Mental Health Australia - www.mmha.org.au
Ph: (02) 9840 3333
Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) provides national leadership in building greater awareness of mental health and suicide prevention amongst Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Multicultural SA - www.multicultural.sa.gov.au
Multicultural SA is the agency responsible for advising the Government on all matters relating to multicultural and ethnic affairs in South Australia.
Multilingual aged care publications (Department of Health and Ageing) -
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-publicats-multi.htm
Multilingual translations of Ageing and Aged Care Division publications into community languages.
Aged care publications: Ordering Information
Palliative Care - NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/topics/Palliative_Care.html#8885.
A practical guide to coping with bereavement - The information provided in the guide reflects the questions commonly asked by family and friends of someone who died while in hospital. It includes: who to notify, arranging a funeral, responses to death and support services. The information is included in various languages, including: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, English, French, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
Religious & Cultural Dates
www.crc.nsw.gov.au/days_of_religious_significance
Seniors Information Service - www.seniors.asn.au
The Seniors Information Service aims to maximise the independence and improve the quality of life of seniors by providing access to free information about the services and facilities available to them.
Tasmanian Migrant Resource Centre - www.mrchobart.org.au
Information, resources and services for CALD clients.
Translating and Interpreting Service -
http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/help-with-english/help_with_translating/index.htm
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides the TIS National interpreting service for people who do not speak English and for the English speakers who need to communicate with them. TIS National has more than 30 years of experience in the interpreting industry, and has access to over 1750 contracted interpreters across Australia, speaking more than 170 languages and dialects. TIS National is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for any person or organisation in Australia requiring interpreting services.
