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AGED CARE & DISABILITY SERVICES

We can help:

  • individuals to find the aged care and disability service that best meets their needs.

  • service providers with the provision of culturally appropriate services.

  • communities to find out more about services and how to access them.

If you would like to speak to us please contact Sharon Porteous on 9275 6905 or email sporteous@miceastmelb.com.au.

For links to INFORMATION for older people or people with a disability in English and other languages click here.

For the current cultural awareness training program click here

Click on the following links for information about the current and recent Aged & Disability Services programs and projects at the MIC:

Community Partners Program (CPP)

The Community Partners Program (CPP) is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing for 2009 until 2012. The main objective of this program is to promote and facilitate increased and sustained access by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to aged care support services. CPP will include the following activities:

  • Information sessions for each CALD community to deliver information about aged care services;
  • Visits to be arranged for each community to aged care services to understand services;
  • Hold cultural celebration days in partnership with aged care providers and CALD communities;
  • Develop more translated information packages for CALD communities on respite care;
  • Deliver Cultural Briefing sessions for aged care service providers;
  • Explore the needs of carers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

For further information on this project please contact Linda Tan on 9275 6906 or email ltan@miceastmelb.com.au.

 

Dementia Awareness in CALD Communities across the Generations

Funded by the Department of Health and Ageing, the Dementia Awareness in CALD Communities Project aims to raise awareness amongst young people from CALD backgrounds about dementia and how it may affect older people in the community. The project is funded until May 2011 and will include the following activities:

  • Information sessions and activities for English as a Second Language (ESL) secondary students about dementia;
  • Visits to dementia specific aged care services for ESL secondary students;
  • Linking ESL secondary students with members from CALD senior citizens clubs to present and share what they have learnt about dementia.

For further information on this project please contact Robyn Clark on 9275 6903 or email rclark@miceastmelb.com.au

 

HACC - Multicultural Equity and Access Program (MEAP)

The Multicultural Equity and Access Program (MEAP) aims to develop and implement strategies to improve access to Home and Community Care (HACC) funded services in the Eastern Region for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The MEAP is jointly funded under the HACC program by the Victorian Department of Health and Commonwealth Government.

The MEAP works both with HACC service providers and CALD communities to improve access to HACC services and assist agencies to provide culturally appropriate services. This includes facilitating the HACC CALD Network and delivering the "Understanding people from CALD backgrounds" training program for HACC.

Please click here to view the program details and obtain cultural resources.

 

Inner East Social Inclusion Initiative - Mobilising Communities Project

The Mobilising Communities Project is continuing until October 2010. The Project is now working with older members of the Cambodian community in the Knox area to reduce their experience of social isolation and improve their opportunities for participation in broader community life.

To download a copy of the evaluation report of the Inner East Social Inclusion Initiative click here.

For further information please contact Geraldine Jeremiah on 9275 6907 or email geraldinej@miceastmelb.com.au.

 

Telstra Connected Seniors Project

The Telstra Connected Seniors Project has received funding for another year for 2010 and 2011. This project delivers 11 training sessions to CALD seniors in the Eastern Region of Melbourne to learn about using mobile telephones and internet. The project aims to address the lack of confidence in using these new technologies for older people from CALD backgrounds.

For further information please contact Geraldine Jeremiah on 9275 6907 or email geraldinej@miceastmelb.com.au.

 

Inviting Cultural Diversity in Volunteering Project

The "Inviting Cultural Diversity in Volunteering" was completed in August 2008. Please click here for resources for agencies working with volunteers from a CALD community or seeking to increase the cultural diversity of their volunteer pool.

 

Links to translated information for older people or people with a disability:

AGED CARE INFORMATION SHEETS Information sheets on aged care services developed by the MIC. Information on Home and Community Care Services, Aged Care Assessment Teams, Community Care Packages and Residential Aged Care.

English , Chinese , Farsi

CONTINENCE INFORMATION Information on continence in other languages
DEPRESSION & ANXIETY INFORMATION Information on depression and anxiety in range of languages
DISABILITY COMPLAINTS CALD BROCHURES "It's O.K. to complain" brochures providing translated information about complaints to the Disability Services Commissioner
DISABILITY RESOURCES Range of information for people with disabilities or workers
DISABILITY INFORMATION FROM CENTRELINK Options and services for Disability Support Pension customers of Centrelink.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION Translated information about resolving disputes
ELDER ABUSE INFORMATION What is Elder Abuse? Information Sheet
ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION Fact sheets available in range of languages
HEATWAVE INFORMATION Information about looking after yourself people during heatwave
HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE (HACC) INFORMATION Information about the Home and Community Care program in a range of languages
HACC PRIVACY BROCHURE HACC privacy brochure in range of languages.
LEGAL CAPACITY TO MAKE DECISIONS Factsheets to assist people to understand the capacity assessment
MEDICARE HEALTH INFORMATION Includes translated information about Medicare, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Immunisation and Organ Donation
MEDICINE INFORMATION

Medicine information brochure for consumers.

Medicine list to help keep track of medicines.

MENTAL HEALTH FACT SHEETS Multilingual FACT SHEETS about mental health.
MULTILINGUAL INFORMATION ABOUT AGED CARE Multilingual translations of Ageing and Aged Care Division publications into 17 community languages.

OPTIONS IN AGED CARE

Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

Outlines all government-subsidised aged care services. Information on community care, respite care and residential care. Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Porgtuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukranian and Vietnamese.

PALLIATIVE CARE INFORMATION Multilingual resources about palliative care.
PALLIATIVE CARE SHORT VIDEOS Short videos in English, Greek, Italian and Cantonese can be watched online to highlight issues for patients and families living with life-limiting illness
PARKINSON'S DISEASE Information in other languages about Parkinson's Disease
PERSONAL CARE & HOME CARE DEFINITIONS Definitions of HACC Personal Care and Home Care in different languages.
PHARMACY SERVICES WITH FREE INTERPRETING List of pharmacies across Australia that are currently registered for free telephone interpreting services
RESIDENTIAL CARE INFORMATION This booklet provides information about residential care for older people. This guide also lists ethno-specific community organisations and facilities catering for culturally and linguistically diverse people. Available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
RESPITE INFORMATION SHEETS As part of the Community Partners Program 2008-2009 a series of respite information sheets were developed in seven languages.

 

Other Links:

Victorian Department of Health Information about aged care services funded by the Department.

Aged Care

Victorian Department of Human Services Information about disability services funded by the Department.
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Direct links to news and updates relating to aged care currently available on this website.
Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Provides news, information and updates for people living with a disability or seniors.
Office of Senior Victorians The website has information about positive ageing, "Go for you Life", Victorian Seniors Festival, Seniors Card Program and Elder Abuse.
Local Government All local councils provide a range of services for older people and people with a disability. Click on your council to find out more information about their aged care and disability services. Look for Aged Care, Health and Community Services or Aged and Disability Services.

Boroondara
Manningham
Maroondah
Monash
Knox
Whitehorse
Yarra Ranges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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