Supporting culturally and linguistically diverse people living with dementia

CALD Guidelines for Dementia Patients in Aged Residential Care
Author:
Kathy Peri and Gary Cheung, University of Auckland, 2016 (NZ)
Description:
The aim of this resource is to provide cultural best practice guidelines for staff working in residential care facilities so that CALD residents with dementia are provided with culturally appropriate support and care, including the immediate period around the transition from their home to residential care. 
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Dementia Support for Asian Communities
Author:
Chamilka Punchihewa & Makayla Lou (2013) University of Auckland and Alzheimer’s Auckland (NZ)
Description:
This summary of barriers to dementia support use amongst Asian communities draws on a literature review and interviews with experts in the Auckland region.
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ECALD online courses and resources
Author:
ECALD® (NZ)
Description:
eCALD® services have developed e-learning and face-to-face courses  as well as online, print and HTML CALD cultural competence training and information for the New Zealand health workforce, funded by the Ministry of Health through Waitemata DHB. While not dementia specific, the CALD Cultural Competency “Courses for Working with Patients” are very relevant. 
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Dementia: Fusi's story
Author:
Tagata Pasifika, 2020 (NZ)
Description:
Dementia is a condition that affects more than 70,000 New Zealanders - of that Pasifika make up nearly 3000. In this video one family is making it their mission to spread awareness about dementia "with a little bit of laughter and a whole lot of love".
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Perceptions of dementia in ethnic communities
Author:
Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria (AU)
Description:
Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria has produced a fabulous resource kit of 12 cultural cultural community profiles, each covering perceptions of dementia, and attitudes towards diagnosis and treatment, the role of the family, community care, residential care, and counselling, and the role of religion in these attitudes if relevant. The information contained in the profiles is based on opinions of people who were consulted during the project
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Culturally Inclusive Aged Care Practice Guides
Author:
Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing (Au)
Description:
A set of Practice Guides outline key considerations, actions and resources that can support aged care providers to deliver inclusive services to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and embed a systemic and holistic approach so that their services are welcoming, safe and accessible for everyone. The Practice Guides are intended to be used by managers and staff and inform direct service provision. It is vital that aged care services take into account and address cultural and linguistic need of individual consumers.
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Communication and awareness resources in multiple languages

Multilingual resources for facilities
Author:
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing (Au)
Description:

This organisation offers bilingual aged care resources for use in community or residential care settings: 

  • Communication Cards to assist with directions, clarify a client's needs, etc. Available online in bilingual format in 20+ languages. 
  • Aged Care Signage. To assist their clients to navigate their way around a home or service. Available online in bilingual format in 20 languages. 
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Cue cards in community languages
Author:
Eastern Health (Au)
Description:
This site offers an amazing resource of sets of bilingual cue cards in 68 languages. These are divided into 11 categories : Basic, Instructions, Family, Community, Descriptions, Medical, Objects, People, Religion, Time & Dental and includes charts indicating days of the week, months of the year, level of pain scale, to enable practitioners to custom-make communication boards for individual client needs. 
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It's not a disgrace...it's dementia
Author:
Dementia Australia (Au)
Description:
This family friendly dementia awareness video has been released in twelve languages. The 15 – 20 minute video is available in Spanish, Arabic, Serbian, Ukrainian, Cambodian, Croatian, Assyrian, Vietnamese, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi, each with English subtitles. The short films feature carers of people living with dementia giving personal accounts, in their own language, of their experience, along with health professionals who talk about the condition. 
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Moving pictures: Dementia awareness for CALD communities 
Author:
National Ageing Research Institute and Curtin University (Au)
Description:
The Moving Pictures project has produced 15 short films co-produced with people from Hindi-, Tamil-, Mandarin-, Cantonese- and Arabic-speaking communities. For each language, there are three films: Detection and Diagnosis, Navigating Care, and the Carer Journey. The project is ongoing with more CALD communities to be involved in the future. 
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About dementia
Author:
Alzheimer's New Zealand (NZ)
Description:
Alzheimer’s New Zealand has a basic information sheet on dementia available in several languages
Samoan Fijian Tongan English Te reo Māori
Information on dementia
Author:
Dementia Australia (Au)
Description:
Dementia Australia is committed to meeting the linguistic needs of all members of the community, and has information on dementia available in a  range of languages
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