Carmen Sanchez delivered a very insightful and informative webinar about Providing Palliative Care to CALD Patients and Families.
Carmen is a Nurse Practitioner in palliative care with a Chinese background which gives her the experience first hand to talk about the struggles and also the resources Culturally and Linguistically diverse palliative care patients and families encounter.
Some of the resources shared included:
Information about Advanced care Planning in 16 different languages:
https://www.advancecareplanning.org.au/
A Guide to the Diverse Cultures in Australia:
https://www.mcci.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/bridging_cultures_2016.pdf
NSW Ambulance resources on what to do when the Ambulance arrives in 30 different languages:
https://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/in-the-community/non-english-speakers
Palliative Care multilingual resources:
https://palliativecare.org.au/resource/multilingual-resources/
Podcast and written information in various languages:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/palliativecare/Pages/podcasts-non-english.aspx
For Chinese people and their family living with Cancer, there are 2 organisations can do HV and runs support group:
https://www.cancarecentre.org.au/language/en/
They have Booklets and information cards in traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese
Please click on the button below to watch the Webinar’s recording with even more information shared by Carmen during her presentation.