Multilingual health and aged care information for providers
Below is a list of multilingual resources which you can access to assist you in your work with consumers who speak languages other than English. The resources can be downloaded by following the links provided.
You can find information under the following topics:
- Aged Care Services
- Health and Wellbeing
- Disability and NDIS
- Mental Health
- Dementia Support
- Financial Issues
- Safety
- Communication tools
- Directories and Search Engines
- Resources on our website
Looking for information on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)?
A number of government and community agencies have developed information and resources about Coronavirus (COVID-19) in different languages.
Aged Care Services
Myagedcare (Australian Government Department of Health)
Numerous resources and booklets regarding aged care services.
Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Serbian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Vietnamese, Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Torres Strait Creole (Yumplatok) and Warlpiri
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Various resources available in other languages
Australian Charter of Aged Care Rights - Template for Signing
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Australian Charter of Health Care Rights in Victoria (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
Languages available: English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Dari, Farsi, Filipino, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese
Languages available: English, Arabic, Greek, Japanese, Karen, Mandarin, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Languages available: English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Nepali, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Urdu, & Vietnamese.
Do you have a concern? (Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission)
Languages available: 25 languages
My Health Record (Australian Digital Health Agency)
Languages available: ATSI languages, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian (Farsi), Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Languages available: Turkish, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic
Health and Wellbeing
Advance Care Planning (Advance Care Planning Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Planning Ahead: Raising awareness for future healthcare planning (Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra)
Posters available in 17 languages
Arthritis Factsheets (Arthritis Australia)
Languages available: Several
Bladder and Bowel Health (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dinka, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Breast Cancer Resources (Breast Cancer Network Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, English, Greek, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Bowel Cancer Screening Program (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, German, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Maltese, Nepalese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
CarerHelp: End of Life Information
Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Filipino or Tagalog, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Malta, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese Arabic, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
General Cancer Information - Cancer Institute NSW
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Cancer Patient Information - Cancer Institute NSW
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese.
What is Cancer Screening? - Cancer Institute NSW
Languages available: 25
Continence Foundation of Australia
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Filipino, Deutsch German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Diabetes – Multicultural Diabetes Portal (National Diabetes Services Scheme)
Languages available: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kirundi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Punjabi, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
Diabetes Talking Books (Bolton Clarke)
Languages available: Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Vietnamese
Languages available: English, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Arabic, Croatian, German, Greek, Italian, French, Macedonian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Languages available: English, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Filipino (Tagalog), German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Polish, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese (Green multilingual brochure: 'Elder Abuse, Mistreatment & Exploitation')
English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese (White multilingual brochure: "Mistreatment of Older People')
Gambler's help (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Italian
Healthy Bones Australia (Healthy Bones Australia)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Simplified & Traditional, Greek, Italian, Punjabi and Vietnamese
Heart Health (Heart Foundation)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, German, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Languages available: Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Arabic, English, Simplified Chinese
Multicultural Families Organisation
Languages available:English, Arabic, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portugese, Punjabi, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
Organ and Tissue Donation (Australian Government Organ and Tissue Authority)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian (Bahasa), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese
Palliative Care - (Palliative Care Victoria) various resources available
Languages available: Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Karen, Serbian, Spanish Russian, Hindi, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Palliative Care Videos (CareSearch)
Languages available: Cantonese, Croation, Greek, Mandarin, Spanish and Ukrainian
Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Respect Older People: 'Call It Out' (Respect Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Plain English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Stroke Information in other Languages
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese
Talking with your Doctor (Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Greek, Vietnamese, Chinese(Simplified), Italian
Quit Australia (Australian Government Department of Health)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Voluntary Assisted Dying - Community Information (Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Vietnamese
Dementia Support
Dementia (Dementia Australia)
Languages available: Many resources in multiple languages
Moving Pictures project (National Ageing Research Institute Ltd)
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Tamil, Vietnamese, English
Disability and NDIS
ADEC (Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities) Website Resources
ADEC offers a range of information on Disability and the NDIS in various languages
Understanding Disability in Australia (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)
Languages available: 39 languages
What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? (Factsheet by Amparo Advocacy Inc)
Languages available: 39 languages
Making a Complaint - Disability Services Commissioner
Languages available: 21 languages
Office of the Public Advocate (various resources)
Languages available: Arabic, Croatian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Filipino, Turkish, Vietnamese
Mental Health
Mental Health Multilingual Resources (NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre)
Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB)
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Greek and Vietnamese
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health
Numerous resources.
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Languages available: 44 languages
Financial Issues
Financial Abuse Fact Sheets (Seniors Online Victoria)
Languages available: Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Financial Support (Australian Government Department of Human Services)
Languages available: 67 languages
Safety
Fire danger / safety information (Country Fire Authority - CFA)
Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Chin, Croatian, Dari, Fijian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese
Heatwave Information (Staying Healthy in the Heat) (State Government of Victoria, Department of Health)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Italian, Khmer, Kurdish, Macedonian, Nuer, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Communication Tools
Communication Cards - for aged care settings (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)
Languages available: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), German, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sicilian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish
Bilingual Phrases (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)
Languages available: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Dzongkha,English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sicilian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish
Interpreter Cards (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)
Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Maltese, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
Aged Care Signage (The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing)
Languages available: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English Farsi, French. German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish,Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yiddish.
Languages available: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Cue Cards - for health settings (Eastern Health)
Language available: 67 languages
'Please Arrange an Interpreter' Cards (Victorian Government)
Languages available: 32 languages
TIS National Multilingual Posters and Cards (Department of Home Affairs)
Multiple languages available
Directories and Search Engines
CareSearch - Palliative Care Knowledge Network
Palliative Care Resources in multiple community languages.
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Multicultural Health Communication
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
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Health Translations Directory (Victorian Government)
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
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This page was last updated: February 2024