These newly translated resources were launched at Parliament House today in Canberra which was attended by our CEO Kirsty Blades and our Management Committee CALD Champion, Carmen Sanchez.
10 Questions is a series of leaflets written by nurses, doctors and experts with experience in aged care. Each leaflet focuses on an individual aspect of care to increase consumer knowledge and make the journey into residential aged care easier. The leaflets are designed to help the community and participants ask the right questions about residential aged care. The series includes a dedicated leaflet on 10 Questions to ask about Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care which was developed in consultation with Palliative Care NSW and a number of other supporting organisations.
These valuable leaflets are now available in 15 other languages in addition to English:
- Arabic
- Croatian
- Chinese Simplified and Traditional
- First Nations (7 different languages)
- Greek
- Italian
- Korean
- Macedonian
- Maltese
- Polish
- Russian
- Serbian
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
The English and translated versions can be accessed here: S10 Questions to Ask
This project was facilitated by the NSW Aged Care Rountable with significant support from the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. Talking at the launch today was Uncle Bradley Bell, Rita Martin (NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association),The Hon Ged Kearney MP (Assistant Manager for Health & Aged Care), Chris Lacey (Multicultural Communities of Illawarra) and Val Fell OAM (Council of Elders).
Palliative Care NSW is a member of the NSW Aged Care Roundtable and would like to acknowledge the work of Deborah Parker, Carmen Sanchez and previous CEO Linda Hansen on both the original project and this project to translate these great resources.
As a proud multicultural nation and state, resources such as these are essential to ensure we are an inclusive sector that provides information and support in languages reflective of our communities. Palliative Care NSW is committed to delivering more CALD projects like this in the future.
