NEWS ABOUT AGEING, DISABILITY AND CARERS
Week ending 13 March 2009
COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS
None in March
SERVICES FOR FRAIL AGED, PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY & THEIR CARERS
1. Greek Welfare Centre T: 9516 2188
Aged Day Care services for Chinese & Greek frail aged persons who live in Botany Bay, Randwick, Sydney, Waverley or Woollahra Local Government Area.
Aged Day Care for Russian frail aged at Matraville RSL Club every Wednesday. Must live in Botany Bay, Randwick, Sydney, Waverley or Woollahra Local Government Area.
MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY
1. Alzheimer's Australia T: 9805 0100
http://www.alzheimers.org.au
Dementia information in a range of languages in different formats.
2. Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association - MDAA T: 9891 6400
http://www.mdaa.org.au/publications/openingdoors.html
Opening Doors: A collaborative resource that talks about disability within a cultural context from a consumer perspective.
3. Affinity Intercultural Foundation / T: 9524 9559 NEW
Sutherland Shire Multicultural Network
Cultural Awareness Day ~ Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, 15-19 North Parade, Auburn
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
10:00 hours
* Workshop presentation on engaging with Muslim staff and clients in your organisation.
* Cultural tour of Auburn
* Lunch at Mado café (cost $30)
* Meet outside the mosque
* RSVP to Jenny Grey (Migrant Services Coordinator) by 24 March 2009
4. Seniors Week Events NEW
Concert & Lunch - Wed, 18 March, 10.30am - 1.30pm
Maxim's, 11 Cross St, Bankstown
Contact: Hien Tran - 9790 0572
Seniors Lifestyle Expo - Tue, 17 March, 9am - 1pm
Bankstown Town Hall
Vietnamese Information Session on Managing Medication
- Dr Binh Lieu, President of Vietnamese-Australian Medical Association
Arabic Information Session on Managing Medication
- Dr Abouzeid, GP
5. Disability Expo NEW
1 April 2009 from 1.45pm - 5pm
Bankstown Town Hall
T: 9707 9464
E: deedee.sanjose@bankstown.nsw.gov.au
W: www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au
VARIOUS RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY
1. Energy Australia NEW
Energy Savings for Seniors at the Energy Efficiency Centre
Open Day - 28 March 2009
Contact Elissar Mukhtar, Marketing & Events Coordinator - Energy Efficiency Centre
EnergyAustralia - Operational Technology and Innovation
T: 8569 6691 M: 0429 018 719
E: emukhtar@energy.com.au
2. Parent Line T: 1300 1300 52 NEW
W: www.parentline.org.au E: info@parentline.org.au
24/7 confidential telephone counselling, information and referral service for parents and carers of children aged 0 to 18 years, who live in New South Wales.
* Calls answered by a team of highly trained, paid professional counsellors.
* Service available to all carers, families, and professionals regardless of their cultural background.
* Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, French, German and Spanish counsellors
* Use Interpreter Service to help clients access counsellors where necessary
MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
1. Alzheimer's Australia
http://www.alzheimers.org.au
A resource kit outlining dementia perceptions in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese communities.
2. Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association - MDAA T: 9891 6400
http://www.mdaa.org.au/publications/ethnicity/specificommunities.html
The questions many people ask are
- How to provide information in a culturally diverse community?
- How to communicate with a person from a certain culture with a particular disability?
- How to understand and make sense of disability within a cultural context, or how to make sense of culture within a particular disability context?
Great resource that aims to respond to those vexing questions.
3. Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) T: 9840 3333 W: www.mmha.org.au
Stepping Out of the Shadows: Reducing Stigma in Multicultural Communities
... a stigma reduction training kit and audio series launched on 19 Feb. 2009
4. Affinity Intercultural Foundation / T: 9524 9559 NEW
Sutherland Shire Multicultural Network
Cultural Awareness Day ~ Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, 15-19 North Parade, Auburn
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
10:00 hours
* Workshop presentation on engaging with Muslim staff and clients in your organisation.
* Cultural tour of Auburn
* Lunch at Mado café (cost $30)
* Meet outside the mosque
* RSVP to Jenny Grey (Migrant Services Coordinator) by 24 March 2009
5. Volunteer & Service Training Program T: 9349 8200 E: vast@jnc.org.au NEW
FREE training for HACC staff & volunteers on working effectively with CALD clients and Interpreters training
Thursday, 19 March 2009
9.30am - 4.30pm
For more details contact :
Caroline Romeo
ECC HACC Multicultural Access Program Officer
T: 9319 0288
E: hacc@eccnsw.org.au
W: www.eccnsw.org.au

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