Author Archives: CulturalPerspectives

1. Advanced Care Planning for Individuals

   10/03/2022 2:31 pm Leave a Comment

   Advanced Care Planning for Individuals

   This resource is available in English as well as other languages. To view and download the resources please click the language buttons below. The resource will open in a new tab.

   Author: Advanced Care Planning Australia
   Language: English
   Type of resource: Factsheet
   About this resource: The factsheet provides an outline of what an advance care plan is and its benefits. This information is for individuals.
    
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2. Personal Stories

   07/06/2021 12:01 pm Leave a Comment

   Stories

   This resource is available in four languages with English subtitles. To view the resources please click the buttons below. The resource will open in a new tab.

   Author: Amparo Advocacy
   Type of resource: Videos
   About this resource: AMPARO Advocacy have developed videos with community member showcasing how support services have improved their lives in Australia.

   The videos are available in Swahili, Burmese, Kirundi and Persian with English subtitles.

   Esperance leads a full and active life in Brisbane with her family and is involved in many community activities. She discusses her life growing up in Congo with polio, how she settled in Australia and her plans and hopes for the future.
   Esperance's Story - Swahili

   Hoe Say and his family are of Burmese ethnicity and have lived in Australia for the past seven years. In this video Hoe Say and his mother Ye Kyaw speak about their journey and their hopes for the future.
   Hoe Say's Story - Burmese

   Jacqueline and Nasibu are from Burundi, and live in Brisbane with their six children. In this video they speak in Kirundi, their first language, about Claude’s needs for support and assistance to live a good life.
   Claude and his family's Story - Kirundi

   Shahram is from Iran and has a vision impairment, he discusses how he has overcome obstacles and barriers to successfully study and work in Brisbane, Australia.
   Shahram's Story - Persian

3. Caring: Our Voices

   04/06/2021 11:23 am Leave a Comment

   Our Voices

    
   Author: Victorian Transcultural Mental Health
   Resource Type: Videos

   Victoria Transcultural Mental Health has produced videos of the personal experiences of carers from different Migrant and refugee backgrounds. The videos tell the individual but collective story of the need for culturally sensitive and culturally responsive mental health care and the benefits of seeking support from services and the wider community.

   The videos are available in 5 languages with English subtitles
   Arabic, Dari, Somali, Turkish and Vietnamese

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4. Dementia: Early Planning

   27/05/2021 10:44 am Leave a Comment

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   Early Planning

   This resource is available in English as well as other languages. To view and download the resource, please click the language button below. The resource will open in a new tab.

   Author: Dementia Australia
   Language: English
   Type of resource: Factsheet
   About this factsheet: Dementia is a group of disorders that affect the brain. Dementia can affect thinking, memory and behaviour. This factsheet provides information on planning and organising different aspects of your life before your abilities decline, and you cannot make these decisions. This factsheet is in English.
    
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5. Dementia: There’s a difference

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   Dementia: There’s a difference

   This resource is available in Arabic, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. To view and download the resource, please click the language button below. The resource will open in a new tab.  
    
   Author: Dementia Australia
   Languages: Arabic, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
   Type of resource: Video
   About this resource: Dementia Australia (Alzheimer’s Australia) has produced a group of videos in 13 community languages that aims to show the difference between forgetting something once and forgetting it many times. The videos were created as part of an awareness campaign highlighting that forgetfulness and repetitive behaviours can be signs of dementia.
    
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6. Diagnosing Dementia

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   Diagnosing Dementia

   This resource is available in English as well as other languages. To view and download the resource, please click the language button below. The resource will open in a new tab.
    
   Author: Dementia Australia
   Language: English
   Type of resource: Factsheet
   About this resource: This factsheet produced by Dementia Australia provides information about the early signs of dementia, the importance of an early and correct diagnosis and techniques used to diagnose dementia.
    
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   Arabic Armenian  Chinese Traditional Croatian Dutch Finnish German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Korean Lao Latvian Macedonian Maltese Chinese Simplified Nepali Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Spanish Tagalog Tamil Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

7. Taking a break

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   Taking a break

   This resource is available in English as well as other languages. To view and download the resource, please click the language button below. The resource will open in a new tab.
    
   Author: Dementia Australia
   Language: English
   Type of resource: Factsheet
   About this resource: This factsheet is the first in a series produced by Dementia Australia , providing information for people who look after a family member who has dementia.
    
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   Arabic Armenian  Chinese Traditional Croatian Dutch Finnish German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Korean Lao Latvian Macedonian Maltese Chinese Simplified Nepali Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Spanish Tagalog Tamil Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

8. Dementia: Our Stories

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   Our Stories

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   Author: Dementia Australia
   Language: English subtitles
   Type of resource: Video
   About this resource: Dementia Australia has create short video’s with real people and their carers living with dementia. The videos aims to help communities to achieve a better understanding of dementia, remove stigma and create an acceptance of dementia being a medically diagnosed illness.
    
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   The videos are available in 10 community languages, with English subtitles.
    
   Arabic Assyrian Croatian Italian Portuguese Serbian Spanish Ukrainian Vietnamese

9. It’s not a disgrace… It’s dementia

   26/05/2021 3:11 pm Leave a Comment

   It’s not a disgrace… It’s dementia

    
   Author: Dementia Australia
   Type of resource: Video
   About this resource: Dementia Australia has created short films in 12 languages to raise awareness, reduce stigma and break myths about dementia in the CALD community. The film features carers of people living with dementia giving personal accounts in-languages, of their experiences. The films also include health professionals who talk abotu the condition and stress the importance of seeking help early.
    
   This film was produced by Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, with thanks to the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) and Family and Community Services. It was produced in partnership with Why Documentaries and the Multicultural Communities Council of the Illawarra.
    
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10. Alzheimer’s Disease

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    Alzheimer’s Disease

    This resource is available in English as well as other languages. To view and download the resource, please click the language button below. The resource will open in a new tab.

    Author: Dementia Australia
    Language: English
    Type of resource: Factsheet
    About this resource: This factsheet is produced by Dementia Australia and is number 13 in the series. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia and is a physical brain condition resulting in impaired memory, behaviour and thinking. The factsheet helps you to understand Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s symptoms, causes and treatments.
     
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