residents and A total of 24 MACS staff became champions” - 11 undertook “dementia an accredited dementia-focused training unit in preparation, while the community clients remaining 13 staff members utilised prior learning with dementia. MACS developed a for challenging behaviours” handout “triggers was translated into two commonly-used community languages Sri Om Care Healthy Sri Om Foundation Sri Om Foundation was funded between July 2013 and June 2015 to expand Sri Om’s existing centre-based program to Western Sydney Ageing Project for more broadly, with the aim of increasing the health and wellbeing of People from older people from the Indian subcontinent the Indian Sri Om provided 8 cultural awareness sessions to aged care services in Western Sydney to help raise awareness of the needs of and issues for the Indian, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi communities in Greater Western Sydney Sri Om provided health lectures and outings each month of the project period, as well as regular cultural dance and music sessions, yoga and exercise sessions, and other movement sessions. Italy-Australian Italo-Australian Welfare & The Italo-Australian Welfare and Cultural Centre was funded between Cultural Centre July 2013 and June 2015 to assist aged care providers to promote and Aged Care and facilitate access to CALD-appropriate services for older Italian people Healthy Ageing Community The organisation was also funded to deliver culturally and linguistically Outreach Services- appropriate community education sessions to help ensure older people from Italian backgrounds were able to make informed decisions about South West Region their aged care of Western Australia Additionally, the organisation expanded their relationship with Alzheimer’s Australia to develop and promote dementia-related information to older people from Italian backgrounds and their carers More than 14 community-focused seminars and workshops were held over the project period, with almost 300 older Italian-Australian attendees and more than 180 carers More than 180 radio programs were broadcast on community radio in south-west Western Australia Five information sessions focusing on dementia were held in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Australia WA
residents and community clients with dementia. A total of 24 MACS staff became “dementia champions” - 11 undertook an accredited dementia-focused training unit in preparation, while the remaining 13 staff members utilised prior learning MACS developed a “triggers for challenging behaviours” handout was translated into two commonly-used community languages Sri Om Care Healthy Ageing Project for People from the Indian Sri Om Foundation Sri Om Foundation was funded between July 2013 and June 2015 to expand Sri Om’s existing centre-based program to Western Sydney more broadly, with the aim of increasing the health and wellbeing of older people from the Indian subcontinent Sri Om provided 8 cultural awareness sessions to aged care services in Western Sydney to help raise awareness of the needs of and issues for the Indian, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi communities in Greater Western Sydney Sri Om provided health lectures and outings each month of the project period, as well as regular cultural dance and music sessions, yoga and exercise sessions, and other movement sessions. Italy-Australian Aged Care and Healthy Ageing Community Outreach Services- South West Region of Western Australia Italo-Australian Welfare & Cultural Centre The Italo-Australian Welfare and Cultural Centre was funded between July 2013 and June 2015 to assist aged care providers to promote and facilitate access to CALD-appropriate services for older Italian people The organisation was also funded to deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate community education sessions to help ensure older people from Italian backgrounds were able to make informed decisions about their aged care Additionally, the organisation expanded their relationship with Alzheimer’s Australia to develop and promote dementia-related information to older people from Italian backgrounds and their carers More than 14 community-focused seminars and workshops were held over the project period, with almost 300 older Italian-Australian attendees and more than 180 carers More than 180 radio programs were broadcast on community radio in south-west Western Australia Five information sessions focusing on dementia were held in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Australia WA
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