Migrant Information Centre

(Eastern Melbourne)
Communication Strategy
for
Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse Background
Communities
By Wina K.Y. Kung

September 2002

ABN 27 084 251 669

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................................1
1.

BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................2
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

THE AIM OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY............................................................................2

OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY MODEL.........................................................2
COMMUNICATION STRATEGY MODEL..........................................................................................3
MEDIA TO PROMOTE SERVICES....................................................................................................4

2.

EVALUATION OBJECTIVES.....................................................................................................5

3.

METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................................5

4.

STATISTICS FROM THE FORUMS..........................................................................................5

5.

DISCUSSION AND KEY FINDINGS..........................................................................................6

5.1 HACC PROMOTION MATERIALS AND PROCEDURE.......................................................................6
5.2 IDENTIFYING CALD COMMUNITY GROUPS.................................................................................6
5.3 DEVELOPING PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY.......................................................................................8
5.4 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES......................................................8
5.4.1
Previous knowledge about HACC services.......................................................................8
5.4.2
Understanding eligibility for HACC services....................................................................9
5.4.3
Barriers in applying for HACC.........................................................................................9

6.

CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................10

7.

RECOMMENDATIONS..............................................................................................................11
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4

PROMOTING HACC SERVICES...................................................................................................11

IDENTIFYING CALD COMMUNITY GROUPS................................................................................11
DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE HACC SERVICES TO CALD COMMUNITIES:........11
INCREASING THE UNDERSTANDING OF HACC SERVICES...........................................................12

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES............................................................................................................13
APPENDIX 1..........................................................................................................................................14

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Executive Summary
A Communication Strategy was developed to increase the knowledge and
understanding of Home and Community Care (HACC) services by people from
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The strategy emphases the
need for agencies to involve CALD communities in the planning and delivery of
services. Through doing this agencies engage communities and have access to their
knowledge and experience. It is this knowledge and experience that can assist
agencies to effectively target promotional activities.
The development of the strategy was informed by consultation with CALD
communities and HACC service providers. The strategy was piloted with three
language groups, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese across the cities of
Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Monash and Whitehorse. The pilot provided the
opportunity to test the effectiveness of the strategy as well as to receive valuable
feedback from the communities involved. The final strategy detailed in this report
identifies a step by step guide to implementation as well as where agencies can
receive assistance and resources to support implementation.
Key components of the strategy are:

Identifying and understanding the demographics of your catchment i.e. what

languages are spoken by potential clients, what is the cultural heritage of your
potential client base,

Identifying and understanding the information needs of different CALD

communities,

Skilling staff i.e. staff are trained in using interpreters and ethnic media
effectively,

Matching the medium used to promote services to the preferences of the

community - i.e. identifying what should be translated, what is better to speak
about,

Matching promotional strategies to the preferences of the community e.g. the

venue, forums, written materials, targeting the audience i.e. the family of the
potential clients and/or the client, and

Providing a culturally friendly environment for potential clients.

The strategy could not have been developed without the input of CALD communities
and HACC service providers. Their ideas and solutions make up the key strategies in
this report.

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1. Background
The Program Development and Access Project managed through the Migrant
Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) recognises that successful planning and
delivery of Home and Community Care (HACC) Services to people from culturally
and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds is best achieved through an active
exchange with communities.
A Communication Strategy based on available demographic data was developed to
increase the knowledge of HACC services by CALD communities. Three main
language groups were identified as the target communities: Cantonese, Mandarin and
Vietnamese. The country of birth of the target communities included China, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The project collected HACC information on HACC services from a number of
providers and compiled and distributed this information to the target communities.
The project piloted an information forum at the Avenue Neighbourhood House with
the Eastern Region Chinese Social Club in July 2001. A total of five forums were held
in Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese respectively between December 2001 to June
2002 to promote HACC services.

1.1 The Aim of the Communication Strategy

The aim of the communication strategy is to establish a model to promote HACC
services to frail older people, people with a disability and their carers from CALD
backgrounds.

1.2 Objectives of the Communication Strategy Model

Provide linguistically and culturally appropriate materials on HACC

services to CALD communities.
Promote the Australian concept of welfare services for aged people and
their families.
Educate the communities about the individuals rights of applying and
using aged care services.

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1.3 Communication Strategy Model

Collect detailed information
about HACC services
available in the catchment
area which include: referral
process, service details of
each provider, application
procedure and timelines and
contact details etc.
Methods:
Visit and meet with City
Councils HACC service
coordinators.
Send letters to all service
providers in the
catchment area to
provide service details.

Identify the social groups of the

CALD communities in the
catchment area, eg. Churches,
Temples, senior citizen clubs,
womens groups, carers groups,
social clubs and parents groups.

Target

People with
a disability

Target

Older
p
e

Families
and/or
their
carers

Choose appropriate media for promoting HACC services and educate the
communities about the rights of applying and using services.
(Please see the details of media in the next section)

Develop a promotional activity

schedule

Implement the promotional

activities

Receive regular feedback from the communities through

visits and conversations with community leaders.

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1.4 Media to Promote Services

List of media to promote HACC services:
Translated brochures, pamphlets using simple language.
Ethnic radio programs.
Articles in ethnic and local newspapers.
Articles for community and social club newsletters.
Promotion through religious leaders and places of worship.
Information forums held in the social clubs, carers groups and womens groups.
Information provided to Bilingual GPs and English class teachers in adult learning
centres and neighbourhood houses.
Information provided to volunteers who participate in home visiting schemes.
The communication strategy not only targets older people and people with a disability
in the communities, but also their families. From the consultation with the
community leaders1, they believed that for the older people, because of their limited
literacy, direct contacts and word of month is a better approach. However, for their
families, written material could provide a better understanding and more detailed
information. The community leaders also suggested that community education is a
positive way to encourage older people, people with a disability and their families to
understand about their rights to use services and clarify that it is not a shame for the
family to use government services. The communication strategy is a circular process,
regular feedback from the communities would improve the effectiveness of the
information flow which includes the content and format of communication.

MIC Program Development and Access Project Officer has consulted totally 7 agencies and clubs
which included leaders in senior citizens clubs, carers group, ethnic specific worker and Church
leader.
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2. Evaluation Objectives

3.

To consult with targeted communities to determine the impact of the

communication strategy on raising the awareness about the individuals rights of
applying and using HACC services.
To assess the cultural appropriateness of the materials available amongst HACC
service providers in promoting their services.
To identify the effectiveness of the communication strategy in improving the
knowledge of HACC services in the targeted communities.

Methodology

Mechanism for undertaking the evaluation included:

Consultation with community leaders.
Feedback (verbal and written) received from forum participants.
Random survey of participants to measure their understanding of HACC services
after the forums.

4. Statistics from the Forums

List of forums

Number of forums

Number of attendants
Age distribution of attendants

Eastern Region Chinese Social Club

Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Club
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of
Manningham
Rowville Baptist (Chinese) Church
Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club
Blackburn North Baptist Church
Vietnamese Fellowship
Both Mandarin & Cantonese: 3
Mandarin: 1
Cantonese: 1
Vietnamese: 1
238
Less than 30 years: 1
30-49 years: 20
Over 50 years: 217

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5. Discussion and Key Findings

5.1

HACC promotion materials and procedure

The PDA project worker visited a number of HACC service providers to collect
detailed information about the HACC services available in the catchment area and
how to access them including: referral process, services details, application
procedures and contact details etc.
The materials available varied from agency to agency in terms of cultural
appropriateness. Agencies were classified along a continuum. At one end of the
continuum an agency had translated a wide range of leaflets/forms/application
information packs into a number of key languages and policies/procedures were in
place when interpreters were requested. At the other end of the continuum an agency
provided materials in English only and workers had no knowledge of using
interpreters/translators. Most of the agencies in the Eastern Region were positioned in
the middle i.e. some information was translated and there was a general understanding
of how to access interpreters but not necessarily how to use interpreters correctly.
A number of agencies stated they have difficulty in preparing culturally appropriate
promotional materials. The difficulties identified by agencies were:
Difficulties in identifying and selecting appropriate language groups in the
catchment area.
Identifying which documents to translate given that there is not the budget
allocation to translate all documents.
Limited knowledge about how to prepare documents for translation and find an
appropriate company to complete the translation.
Staff skills in using interpreters and translation services.
Difficulties in distributing promotion materials which included limited knowledge
about ethnic media and contacts with CALD communities.

5.2

Identifying CALD Community Groups

CALD communities who required further information on HACC services in the

Eastern Region were identified through an analysis of available demographic data and
HACC usage rate. The data were based on 1996 census, council data on HACC usage
and materials provided by the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs between 1996-2000. The result of the analysis indicated:

The usage rates of CALD communities were lower than the English speaking
population. People from China, Malaysia and Vietnam had the lowest usage rate
of HACC services.

The migration figures indicated that people migrating from China were the largest
single migrant group settling in the Eastern Region between 1998-2000. The
number of migrants from China aged 65+ represent the largest number of people

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in this age group settling in the Eastern Region. This group of people was
potential HACC users however as they were newly arrived they may not have
information on HACC services.

Other Chinese languages including Mandarin and Vietnamese speaking groups

were the largest groups who recorded their English proficiency level as not well
or not at all in the 1996 Census. Individual proficiency in English directly
affects their ability to access appropriate information if services were required.

Three main language groups were identified as the target communities: Cantonese,
Mandarin and Vietnamese to develop the Communication Strategy Model. The
country of birth of the target communities included China, Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Based on the model, PDA worker identified the social groups of the CALD
communities in the catchment area, eg. Churches, Temples, senior citizen clubs,
womens groups, carers groups, social clubs and parents groups. There were a
number of important issues when identifying the social groups and making contacts
including:

List of contact details: The MIC has collected details and compiled a database to
hold the contact details of CALD communities in the Eastern Region. As a staff
member of MIC the worker could access the database. However, for a general
agency worker the worker may not be aware that the MIC could provide the
information if requested. Therefore, some agency workers indicated they had
difficulties identifying the groups and contact people.

Understanding the composition of the groups: The communication strategy

model targeted two main groups: the client (older people and people with a
disability) and their family and carers. Groups composition or the age of general
membership will affect the emphasis of information distributed. The worker
needs to understand the age distribution of the groups members. If it is a group
of young couples and children the emphasis of information would be how HACC
can assist you to take care of your older family members and people with
disabilities etc.

Effective Communication: A number of the contact people of community groups

have limited English skills. It is important to use the telephone interpreter in the
initial contact. Some community leaders often feel frustrated when a stranger
calls and they are unable to communicate with them.

Identify the best language: People from the same cultural background do not
necessarily speak the same language. For example, a Chinese group might speak
Mandarin, Cantonese or other local dialects. Therefore identifying the best
language in organising an information forum is important. The community leader
or the contact person of the group will be able to identify the best language(s) for
the group.

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5.3

Developing Promotional Activity

Identifying appropriate promotional activities is crucial in promoting services.

Written brochures are the most common way to promote services. However, it might
not be the best way to promote services within CALD communities. Some CALD
community leaders identified their preferences in receiving information:

Direct personal contacts with the community, holding forum/information sessions

inside the club/group/church is preferred. Some older people are not very good at
reading brochures, sometimes it is due to low literacy, but sometimes it is due to
impaired vision.
Some older people have difficulties with transport therefore it is preferred to hold
the forum/information sessions on the club day or after Church/Temple services.
Speakers at the forum/information sessions to speak the language of the audience
or as a second preference to use an interpreter.
Speakers should keep the talk short as some older people have difficulty
concentrating for a long time; it was suggested that approximately 30-40 minutes
per talk.
Translated printed materials are available for the audience to take home following
the information session. The printed materials should use simple language and
avoid jargon. English material should be available as the audience might request
an English version for their family members to read.
Revisit the club/group on a regular basis, for example once a year, to remind the
community about the service available and keep them informed of any changes.
Ethnic radio and newspapers often discuss important issues or introduce services
that are available for people. The ethnic media is a good means through which to
distribute information.

5.4 General comments about the targeted communities

5.4.1 Previous knowledge about HACC services
Around 90% of the participants (214 out of 238 participants) indicated that
they did not have any knowledge of the HACC services before the forums.
5% of the participants (12 participants) stated that they had heard about home
care or personal care or meals on wheels because their neighbours are
receiving the services, however they did not have a comprehensive
understanding of overall HACC services and the application procedures. Only
2 participants indicated that themselves or their family members used HACC
services.
Over 90% of the participants (215 participants) indicated they had a better
understanding of HACC services after the forums despite the fact that the
information was very general. The forums provided an overall picture of
HACC services and some useful contacts for later use. In general 100% of the
participants (238 participants) were very pleased and satisfied with the speaker
and information distributed in the forums. 90% of respondents indicated that
the information was useful to very useful and easy to understand. However
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less than 10 people indicated that they would attempt to apply for HACC
services within a short period of time.
A random client survey was distributed to measure the understanding of the
HACC services after the forums. Ten participants were randomly selected to
complete the survey. The results of the survey showed that 85% of the
questions about HACC services were answered correctly. The common
mistake was the participants could not identify all the services available in
HACC services, some participants could only identify the most common ones,
for example, personal care, property maintenance, volunteer visiting, delivered
meals or nursing care. The commonly missed one was allied health. Almost
90% of the participants (9 out of 10) successfully identified all the important
categories of organisations that deliver HACC services, for example, city
councils, district nursing services, community health centres and aged care
assessment team.

5.4.2 Understanding eligibility for HACC services

Almost 95% of participants (226 participants) indicated they had limited
knowledge of who is eligible to apply for government services. The major
confusion indicated by the communities was that the older person would not
be eligible for any service if they lived with other family members, for
example their son or daughter. The other confusions included:
Am I eligible if I have savings in the bank? How to define my income?
Am I eligible if I have one or two properties?
Am I eligible if I was 50 years of age but suffer from back injury?
Is my husband or I eligible if my husband is frail and I can not complete
all the housework by myself?
Is my mother eligible if she is frail and lived alone, at the moment all of
her daughters and daughter-in-law take turns to take care of her, and all of
her sons/daughters are earning reasonable incomes.
Verbal and written information about eligibility was provided in the forums,
following this people seemed to have a better understanding of the eligibility
requirements. The worker also reminded the potential clients that they would
need to go through an assessment process. The assessor would assess their
individual cases.
5.4.3 Barriers in applying for HACC
Communication was identified as one of the most significant barriers in
applying for services. A number of older people indicated that it was very
difficult for them to apply for services. They often relied on friends or
relatives to talk to the service providers. However, sometimes it was the
friend or the relative who did not feel comfortable to talk on behalf of the
older person to the agency. It was not always a result of limited English
proficiency; sometimes it was due to the uncertainty of whom they were
dealing with and confusion with the application procedures.
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The participants also indicated that sometimes they did not have a full
understanding or it was not very clear to them what service they needed.
Therefore, a general discussion with the aged care or ethno specific agencys
worker might help to clarify their needs. However, some potential clients
hesitated to discuss their issues with the worker due to the level of trust they
had with the worker or if they were seeking services from an ethno specific
service they were afraid to expose their personal business to a member of their
community.
Long waiting periods was another barrier that deferred people from applying
for services.

6. Conclusion
Through the Communication Strategy Model, PDA project provided linguistically and
culturally appropriate materials of HACC services to CALD communities and
successfully distributed useful information to raise awareness about the individuals
rights of applying and using HACC services.
The Communication Strategy Model is effective in terms of increasing the knowledge
of HACC services within the targeted communities. One of the key factors of the
model was receiving regular feedback on the implementation of the model from the
communities through visits and conversations with community leaders.

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7. Recommendations
7.1 Promoting HACC Services
It is recommended that the following procedures are in place at an agency level:
Demographics of CALD communities within the catchment area. The data can be
obtained through the MIC.
Notes for preparing translations and how to use interpreters are documented. The
notes can be obtained through the MIC and the Victorian Interpreting and
Translating Service (VITS).
Training for staff in using interpreting and translating services.
The ethnic media list and contacts with CALD communities are available and
updated at an agency level. The list can be downloaded from MIC website (www.
miceastmelb.com.au).
Identifying promotional strategies e.g. what is best to translate and to talk about
etc. MIC staff can assist agency staff to do this. A number of useful information
can be downloaded from MIC website, <Appendix 1> A list of cultural resource
available at MIC.
Partnerships with other agencies, for example, an information forum on aged care
for the Vietnamese Community where different agencies can participate through
talking about their services etc

7.2 Identifying CALD community groups

7.3

In identifying target communities, the MIC can provide a comprehensive

demographic profile through the analysis of the census and data from DIMIA.
Agencies can obtain the data through contacting MIC staff.
In identifying CALD community contacts, the Ethnic Community Council of
Victoria (ECCV) has developed a Multicultural Service Directory which can be
obtained by ECCV or its website (www.eccv.org.au). The MIC also has contact
details of the groups/clubs in the Eastern Region. All contact details can be
downloaded from MIC website (www.miceastmelb.com.au).
Use interpreters in initially contacting the communities.
Talk with the community about the best way to promote your service to them
personalise the delivery of the information.

Development of activities to promote HACC services to CALD

communities:

Based on the preferences identified by the communities for accessing information, the
following are recommended:
Hold forum/information sessions inside the club/group/Church.
Forum/information sessions are held on the club day or after the Church/Temple
service or group activity.
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 Use bilingual worker/volunteer or arrange an interpreter.

Keep the talk short and focussed, approximately 30-40 minutes personalising the
information for the audience.
Distribute translated printed materials if available at the forum. English material
should be available as the audiences might request an English version for their
family members to read.
Revisit the club/group on a regular basis, for example once a year.
Use ethnic radio/newspapers and local newspaper to promote the services.
Some communities have difficulties in understanding the concept of aged
care/disability services. Aged care/disability service is an unfamiliar concept to
some CALD communities where taking care of an older/disabled person at home
is a duty. In promoting services, service providers might need to change the
wording of the information sessions to make people feel more comfortable to
participate in the session. For example, an information session about HACC
Personal/Home Care, the session could be promoted as How the family can
support older family member to stay living at home.

7.4 Increasing the understanding of HACC services

Community education is important for CALD communities, to provide
information to both potential clients as well as their families. Distribute important
messages to a variety of groups and to a variety of ages on a regular basis. This
will encourage people to rethink the importance of the aged care and disability
issues and ensure that people have information to inform their opinions on the role
of welfare services in Australia.
Providing a welcoming, comfortable and culturally sensitive environment for
potential clients and their families. Service providers need to improve their
agencys image and to adopt a culturally sensitive approach. For example the
agency foyer has posters or pictures with people from diverse backgrounds, put up
a language map near the reception area and Interpreter available upon request
signs in the front desk etc.

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PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) would like to thank all involved in
developing the Communication Strategy and participating in consultations, forums
and interviews. Special thanks to the Program Development and Access Project
steering group agencies for their valuable advice and support.
Blackburn North Baptist Church Vietnamese Fellowship
Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizen Club
Cambodian Community Welfare Centre
Care Connect
City of Boroondara
City of Manningham
City of Maroondah
City of Monash
Do Care
Eastern Region Chinese Social Club
Indo-Chinese Elderly Association in the Eastern Suburbs
Interchange (Inner East) Association
Knox Chinese Senior Citizens Club
Knox Community Health Service
Knox Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
Lao Australian Welfare Association Inc.
Lao Elderly Association
Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
Polish Community Council of Victoria
Rowville Chinese Baptist Church
St. Marks Adult Day Centre
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of Manningham
Uniting Care Community Options
Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association Inc
Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club
Whitehorse Older Person Action Group

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Appendix 1
Cultural Resources available at Migrant Information Centre, please visit the MIC
website (www.miceastmelb.com.au) to download the information.
Title
HACC Program News

Description
A brief introduction of HACC
services

Languages Available
English, Chinese, Greek,
Italian, Macedonian,
Polish, Turkish,
Vietnamese

Demographic Profile

Demographic Profile of
different communities in the
Eastern Region

English

Definitions of HACC
Personal Care and
Home Care

An introduction of HACC
personal care and home care
services

English, Chinese, Greek,

Italian, Laotian,
Vietnamese

Countries and
Languages Spoken

A list of countries and

languages spoken

English

Promotion Strategy

The strategy provides a step

by step guide for agencies to
use in developing and
promoting services to
culturally and linguistically
diverse communities and
includes a contact list for
ethnic media.

English

Eastern Multicultural
News

The Newsletter facilitates

information sharing between
agencies and programs on
new programs and project
initiatives for culturally and
linguistically diverse
communities.

English

Religion Fact Sheets

Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam

English

What are the jobs for

volunteers

A brief introduction of the

jobs for volunteers, handy for
volunteer recruitment.

English, Chinese, Greek,

Italian, Arabic, Vietnamese

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Title
Notes for using
translators and
interpreters

Description
Policy for the use of
Interpreters
Working with interpreters
Guidelines for the use of
Auslan interpreters
Speaker Notes
Preparing text for
translation

Languages Available
English

Translation for
Interpreter available
upon request

Interpreter available upon

request in different
languages

English, Arabic, Bosnian,

Chinese, Croatian, Farsi,
Greek, Italian, Serbian,
Turkish, Vietnamese

Translation for
Welcome

Welcome in different
languages

English, Arabic, Chinese,

Croatian, Farsi, Greek,
Spanish, Vietnamese

A Guide to Services for

Senior Victorians
(Published by DHS)

The Guide provides contact

details of services available
for older people in Victoria

Chinese, English, Croatian,

Dutch, German, Greek,
Hungarian, Italian,
Macedonian, Maltese,
Polish, Russian, Ukranian,
Vietnamese

Aged Care - Make the

Choices that are Right
for You: Quality Care
for Older Australians
(Published by
Commonwealth
Department of Health
& Aged Care)

The booklet provides a list of English, Arabic, Chinese,

aged care services available in Croatian, Dutch, German,
Australia.
Greek, Hungarian, Italian,
Maltese, Polish, Serbian,
Spanish and Vietnamese.

Residential Care for

Older People - A Guide
for Families and
Carers in Culturally
and Linguistically
diverse Communities
in Victoria
(Published by DHS)

The booklet provides

information about residential
care for older people, this
guide also lists ethno specific
community organisations and
facilities catering for
culturally and linguistically
diverse people.

Arabic, Chinese, Croatian,

English, Greek, Italian,
Macedonian, Russian,
Spanish, Turkish and
Vietnamese.

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