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2013 will be the first year for the Dementia + Community Care Conference - a major forum for CEOs, Managers, Senior Clinicians, Health Care Professionals, Academics, Researchers & other interested professionals/staff working with people with dementia in Community Care settings. It will take place on October 30 & 31 at the Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne. The Conference will focus on both policy...

Each year, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated on May 21 and provides people with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to live together better. In 2011, a grassroots campaign ‘Do One Thing For Diversity and Inclusion’, celebrating the annual World Day for Cultural Diversity was launched by UNESCO...

Ljubica Petrov from the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing, spoke to SBS Serbian radio about the Ageing in Australia: Cultural Diversity in Aged Care Expo this morning. The Ageing in Australia: Cultural Diversity in Aged Care Expo will be held at Melbourne Town Hall on the 27th April and is an opportunity for the public learn about aged care services. The free public event is ideal for...

SBS will launch a new analogue and digital radio schedule on-air from 6am on Monday 29 April, 2013. The total number of language programs on the new SBS Radio Schedule will increase from 68 to 74 language programs from 29th April 2013. The new SBS Radio Schedule includes six new languages, more programming for language groups which have grown significantly during the past 18 years and a new...

“Raising Awareness of the Cultural Needs of CALD residents and clients” Diversicare and Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) will be holding a one-day forum to support service providers, researchers and practitioners to improve inclusion of cultural issues in research and work practice into ageing and related services. The forum will be held on the 17th May, 2012 at Rydges South Bank...

The 2nd International Conference on Ageing in a Foreign Land is an initiative of the Flinders University Modern Greek Section. It will be held It will be held at Flinders University in Adelaide on 27-30th June 2013, The inter-disciplinary conference will explore the theme of ageing, enabling discussion on the reality of ageing within the migrant diaspora. Ageing in a Foreign Land will address...

Benetas is launching a volunteer project called Shared Connections , which aims to enable older people who are, or are at risk of becoming, socially isolated to participate within their local community. The six month research project is based in the Moreland and Darebin areas. Volunteer mentors will assist older people to join facilitated groups and community based activities of their choice...

Are you working in the area of mental health providing services or support to people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds? beyondblue and MHiMA are pleased to invite you to participate in an online forum which will take place from April 10th - 30th 2013. This forum has been developed as a space to explore issues related to engaging people from CALD backgrounds to reduce...

Australian Multicultural Community Services Inc. is hosting a multicultural conference titled Strengthening Diversity . The conference will examine how multiculturalism can be misunderstood, how service providers need to prepare to work in a more competitive environment and government commitments relating to ethnic communities in Australia. The conference aims to bring together ethno-specific...

Melbourne will host the largest Slavic Festival in the Southern Hemisphere- Maslenitsa Maslenitsa: Slavic Pancake Festival will take a place on the 2nd of March at Melbourne’s Federation Square. This is the third time that this great cultural event takes place in Melbourne. Organised by the Russian Ethnic Representative Council (RERC) and Serbian Social Service and Support (SSSS), with support...

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is pleased to announce a series of professional development workshops to be held from April until June 2013 . The workshops will cover a variety of themes including dementia, delivering culturally inclusive aged care, managing aged care in a culturally diverse setting and palliative care. The sessions will be held in Melbourne at Victoria University...

Danyel Walker from the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing has written a guest blog entry on the Polaron Language Services blog ' Miss Translation '. Her article 'Communicating with senior Australians of diverse backgrounds – this is HOW you do it!" talks about her experiences organising the 2011 Ageing in Australia: Cultural Diversity in Ageing Expo. "Information about the aged care system...