| MIC TRANSLATED INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES: |
| AGED
CARE INFORMATION SHEETS |
Information
sheets on aged care services developed by the MIC as part
of the Community Partners Program. Information on Home
and Community Care Services, Aged Care Assessment Teams,
Community Care Packages and Residential Aged Care. |
English
, Chinese,
Farsi
|
|
BOOKLET FOR CARERS
|
As part of the Community Partners Program, an information
booklet about carer support services in a range of languages
has been developed. The booklet describes help available
for carers and how to access services. More languages
will be added soon.
|
English,
Arabic,
Bosnian,
Chinese,
Croatian,
Korean,
Maltese,
Persian,
Tamil,
Vietnamese,
Laotian,
Hungarian,
Karen,
Polish,
Russian,
Serbian,
Macedonian
|
|
NEWSLETTER FOR CALD SENIORS
|
The MIC Aged and Disability services prepare a newsletter
for ethno-specific seniors groups twice per year. It
provides information about MIC activities and useful
links for CALD seniors.
|
Dec
2010
May
2011
|
| RESPITE
INFORMATION SHEETS |
Respite
information sheets have been developed as part of the
MIC's Community Partners Program. |
English,
Arabic, Bosnian,
Cambodian,
Chinese,
Croatian, Indonesian
, Hungarian,
Japanese
, Korean
Laotian
, Macedonian
, Maltese,
Persian
, Polish
, Russian
, Serbian
, Sinhalese
, Tamil,
Vietnamese
,
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| OTHER TRANSLATED INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES: |
|
ACTIVE AGEING NETWORK
|
The Network provides information and resources to health
and fitness practitioners and assists older adults to
find programs to suit their needs.
|
link
|
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BETTER HEALTH CHANNEL
|
For a range of information sheets and links about common
health issues, conditions and treatments, healthy living
and healthy relationships
|
link
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| CONTINENCE
INFORMATION |
Information
on continence in other languages |
|
|
DEMENTIA
|
Alzheimers Australia Vic information in other languages
|
link
|
| DEPRESSION
& ANXIETY INFORMATION |
Information
on depression and anxiety in range of languages |
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|
DIABETES MULTILINGUAL INFORMATION
|
Diabetes Victoria new Multilingual Infoline is 1300
801 164 and connects callers with the help of an interpreter
(in over 170 different languages) to services and information
on diabetes prevention, support and management. This
service is free.
We also produce a range of printed material in various
anguages listed below.
|
link
|
| 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. |
|
| DISABILITY
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT PACKAGE INFORMATION |
Information
about Individual Support Packages (ISP) in easy read format
translated into 16 languages |
|
| DISPUTE
RESOLUTION |
Translated
information about resolving disputes |
|
| ELDER
ABUSE INFORMATION |
What
is Elder Abuse? Information Sheet
Link
to fact sheets about elder abuse prevention
|
English,
Chinese, Filipino,
Greek,
Hungarian,
Italian,
Macedonian,
Maltese,
Polish,
Russian,
Serbian,
Spanish,
Vietnamese
link
|
|
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FACT SHEETS
|
Emergency department factsheets provide condition specific
health and medical information for people attending
the emergency department.
They are designed to assist communication between emergency
department clinicians and patients and/or carers.
|
link
|
|
HEALTH CARE RIGHTS
|
Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights in 25 languages.
Also available in audio and braille and an easy English
version.
|
link
|
|
HEALTH INFORMATION
|
Multicultural Health NSW has a range of translated
information on various topics of interest for all ages
|
link
|
| 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. |
|
|
INTERPRETER FACT SHEETS
|
Eastern Health has released interpreter fact sheets
in 21 languages that can be given to clients as well
as generic statements about access to interpreters that
can be incorporated into service provider brochures.
|
link
|
|
LANGUAGE
|
My Language website aims to provide a hub where public
libraries and CALD communities can actively share information
resources and programs to support culturally and linguistically
diverse communities.
|
link
|
| LEGAL
CAPACITY TO MAKE DECISIONS |
Factsheets
to assist people to understand the capacity assessment |
|
|
LIVING IN AUSTRALIA
|
Links to range of information for migrants and refugees
about living and settling in Australia
|
link
|
| 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 INFORMATION
|
Outlines a number of ways that you can seek advice,
information and referral for general and mental health
issues in Victoria.
|
link
|
|
MENTAL
HEALTH FACT SHEETS
|
Translations
of range of fact sheets regarding mental health in a number
of languages - Multicultural Mental Health Australia,
Sane and Headspace |
|
| MULTILINGUAL
INFORMATION ABOUT AGED CARE |
Multilingual
translations of Ageing and Aged Care Division publications
into 17 community languages. |
|
|
NURSE ON CALL
|
Brochures about nurse on call service in more than
20 languages
|
link
|
|
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 |
Translated
information "About Us" booklet developed in
partnership with Eastern Palliative Care.
Multilingual
resources about palliative care from palliative care
Australia
|
|
| 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
ALERT VICTORIA |
Personal
Alert Victoria provides a 24 hour monitoring service for
eligible clients. Information is available in 13 languages
including access and eligibility for the service. |
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| 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. |
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SENIORS ONLINE
|
Victorian Government website for older pepole that
aims to be a first port-of-call for victorian seniors
looking for information online.
|
link
|
| STROKE
INFORMATION |
Information about stroke in English, Arabic, Chinese,
Vietnamese, Turkish, Macedonian and Greek. Includes
what is a stroke, TIA, prevention, assessment, treatment
and recovery.
|
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WOMEN'S HEALTH
|
Link to Multicultural Centre for Women's Health and
a range of translated information regarding women's
health issues
|
link
|
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OTHER
LINKS:
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| 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. |
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|
Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
|
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (eccv)
was established in 1974 as a small voluntary community
based organisation and has grown to become the state-wide,
peak advocacy body representing ethnic and multicultural
communities in Victoria.
|
link
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Community Health Services
|
Each local government area has a community health services
that provide services such as medical, dental and allied
health services.
|
Boroondara
- Inner East CHS
Knox
- Knox CHS
Manningham
- Manningham CHS
Maroondah-
EACH
Monash
- Monashlink
Yarra
Ranges - Ranges CHS
Yarra
Ranges - Yarra Valley CHS
Whitehorse
- Whitehorse CHS
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Infoxchange Service Seeker
|
Links to InfoxChange data base to find services
|
|
|
Human Services Directory
|
Links to data base to find specific human services
in Victoria
|
link
|
| 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
|
| Office
of Senior Victorians |
The
website has information about positive ageing, "Go
for you Life", Victorian Seniors Festival, Seniors
Card Program and Elder Abuse. |
|
| 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. |
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