Linking you to Multicultural Aged Care Services through the Community Partners Program (CPP)
Australian Asian Association
275 Stirling Street, Perth WA 6000.
Please contact the Coordinator – Manil de Mel on 08 9328 3435 or on email cpp.coordinator@iinet.net.au
Supports Bangladeshi, Burmese, Filipino, Indian, Sri Lankan, Pakistani Thai, Malaysian(Tamil and Malay speaking),Iranian, Russian and Spanish speaking communities.
Resources available: 'Indian Cultural Information Book for Aged Care Service Providers.
Chung Wah Community & Aged Care
Unit 9, 117 Brisbane Street, Perth WA 6000
Tel: 08 9328 3988 Email: enquiry@chungwahcac.org.au
Website: www.chungwahcac.org.au
Chung Wah Community & Aged Care is highly experienced in the delivery of community and aged care services to the Asian communities and our professionalism means that our clients will always come first. The community and aged care services we provide are Home and Community Care (HACC), Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs), Day Long Respite Care (DLRC) Services, Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) and Community Partners Program (CPP). We believe that dignity and independence are very important to be able to enjoy fully flexible access to the available choices of care.Resources available
Fremantle Multicultural Centre
241-243 High Street, Fremantle 6160 Tel: 08 9336 8282
Provide information about aged care options to CALD groups in the South Metropolitan region, (Fremantle to Mandurah and Fremantle to Armadale). Provide cultural briefings to aged care services in the South Metro region on specific CALD communities, to enable them to respond to the multicultural needs of their clients.
Resources available: Cultural profiles on the following communities; Italian, Greek, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Polish, Indian, Sri Lankan, Afghani, Islamic faith, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Filipino, Cambodian, Burmese, Sudanese and Somali.
Italo – Australian Welfare & Cultural Centre Inc.
209 Fitzgerald Street, Perth WA 6000
Contact CPP Welfare Officer on 08 9228 2220 or email centro@iawcc.org.au
Services are provided to the Italian community throughout the Perth metropolitan area, including the South West Bunbury/Harvey/Waroona Region.
St Basil’s Aged Care Services
P: 9201 9655, F: 9201 9644, stbasils@stbasilswa.org.au, www.stbasilswa.org.au
St Basil’s Aged Care Services provides Community Aged Care programs that assist our Greek aged clients to continue to live independently in their own homes. We provide quality care and are committed to serving the Greek community in supporting the elders. SBACS along with Alzheimer’s Australia WA provide a free and confidential information, support and counseling service. SBACS are also committed to disseminating information on aged care issues to the Serbian, Russian and Romanian communities through the Community Partners Program
Resources available: 'Being Culturally Sensitive with Greek, Russian and Serbian people' Booklet and 'Practical Information for People facing Life Limiting Illnesses' Booklet in Greek.
"Rainbow" The Multicultural Aged Care Program
Community Partners Program, Phone: 08 - 92712026 mobile 0419914361 Email: rainbow1@iinet.net.au
Website: polishwomen.org.au
Supports Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Hungarian and Macedonian speaking people.
Provides cultural briefings by members of Eastern European Communities to aged care providers and health professionals. Disseminates aged care information to smaller Eastern European communities.
Promotes and facilitates increased and sustained access by culturally and linguistically diverse communities with significant aged care needs to aged care support services
Resources available: 'Polish Feasts, Customs & Traditions' Book. Country & Community profiles. Colour display folders for the following countries: Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Rep, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Birthday, Get Well, Easter and Christmas cards in the above languages