Currently, aged care is governed under many laws. The recent Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety found that the current Aged Care Act and its related legislation was no longer fit for purpose as it was primarily focused on providers and how to fund them...
A new project aims to promote dignity and respect for older women by sharing their achievements and treasured recipes By Dr Catherine Barrett, founder and director of Celebrate Ageing Developed by Celebrate Ageing and Older Women’s Network, the Biscuit Tin is a...
ECCV is empowering older people from migrant and refugee backgrounds to find their voice and say no to mistreatment and neglect. For more than a decade, ECCV has been delivering culturally responsive community education programs to raise awareness of elder abuse among...
A long-running Melbourne program is encouraging older people to eat healthy, connect with community and exercise at the same time. The Hive Program run by the Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) in Melbourne’s south-east supports participants to grow, harvest...
A new resource by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health explores the unique challenges faced by older migrant women during the pandemic By Giang Tran and Amy Tong, Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health Research has shown that migrants and refugees were...
A new research report by ECCV highlights how digital illiteracy has become a new disability for older people from migrant backgrounds With the pressure to ‘go online’ for a range of basic information and services, digital literacy has emerged in recent years as a...
