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January 30, 2023
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing hosted an Industry Breakfast at the Islamic Museum of Australia on the 12th of December. It was a fabulous opportunity for stakeholders to connect, network and learn more about The Centre’s work and culturally inclusive aged care. Highlights included: A presentation by Monica O'Dwyer on current research on country of birth and language preferences of...

November 28, 2022
Victorian aged care provider Benetas has announced Nikolaus Rittinghausen as the new manager of the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing. Nikolaus has wide experience in multicultural affairs across a variety of sectors, particularly advocating on behalf of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. He replaces Lisa Tribuzio who will remain at The Centre as a Diversity and Inclusion...

September 12, 2022
Everybody has a story : Delivering culturally inclusive care Everybody has a story : Delivering culturally inclusive care module by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission was created in partnership with the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing . It will help aged care workers to provide tailored care that meets each consumer's unique social, cultural, spiritual and linguistic needs. This...

June 21, 2022
On 3 June the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing hosted the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards 2022 . The event was initially planned for 2021 but had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19. A vibrant night was attended by approximately 100 industry leaders working amongst the aged care and multicultural sectors. The Excellence Awards recognise and showcase initiatives that promote...

June 21, 2022
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is excited to announce it's new Diversity Webinar Series for July 2022- June 2023. This year we decided to bring you variety of interactive content responding to the needs of aged care staff. The content has a range of topics which will help aged care staff to gain skills and knowledge needed to support older people from Culturally and Linguistically...

April 27, 2022
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing together with Fortis Consulting have developed an informative short infobyte video about Culturally Inclusive Feedback. The infobyte aims to give aged care providers some key considerations in applying inclusive approaches to getting feedback from older people from diverse cultural backgrounds. It also has some useful links to further resources on the...

November 29, 2021
The Centre is very pleased to present the “ You can ask for what you need from aged care services ” Consumer Voice Film. The aim of this short film is to raise awareness to consumers from culturally diverse backgrounds about their right to give feedback to an aged care service. The video is available on YouTube in several languages, and you're welcome to embed it in your training programs. The...

November 29, 2021
The Centre for Culural Diversity in Ageing is proud to present the new Online Diversity Webinar series. The Series aims to engage staff working within the aged care sector in Australia with skills and knowledge to work effectively with diverse older people, their families, carers and advocates. It involves a range of topics relevant to culturally safe and inclusive practice, and is designed in...

June 08, 2021
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...

June 08, 2021
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. Mary Ann Geronimo Director of Policy – Health & Ageing Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils’ Australia (FECCA) Mohammed Yassin Commissioner on the Victorian Multicultural Commission Tania...

June 08, 2021

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

June 01, 2021

We are pleased to announce our 2021 Conference. This year we are going virtual for the first time! Join us to explore ways we can garner the voices of older people to shape a more equitable aged care system, now and into the future.

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