NSW Transcultural Aged

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• NSW Transcultural Aged
• Care Service

Understanding the Macedonian Culture and the
attitudes towards Dementia Monday 21st June
07 St George Migrant Resource Centre
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What is TACS

• A statewide service funded by the Australian
  Department of Health and Ageing under the
  Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC)
  Program

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• THE ROLE OF TACS
• Develop improve partnerships between
• Aged care service providers
• Ethnic community organisations Community
  Partnership Program (CPP)
• DoHA
• Ensure that the specific needs of older people
  from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
  backgrounds are identified and addressed

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THE ROLE OF TACS continued

• TACS helps service providers and CALD communities
  work together to ensure that cultural diversity
  care needs are addressed at all levels of service
  planning and implementation

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• TACS provides information, education and training
  sessions to aged care service providers to
  enhance culturally appropriate care provision
• Consultations with CALD communities are conducted
  to ensure that cultural care needs are addressed
  in the most appropriate way

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• The combination of CALD community consultation
  and service provider liaison results in TACSs
  unique ability to effectively facilitate lasting
  partnerships
• Such partnerships are highly valued by community
  groups wishing to contribute to the care of their
  elders and are greatly beneficial for service
  providers now able to tap into a wealth of
  cultural information

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TACS in a nutshell

• Identification of specific needs of CALD
  clients
• Improved choice and participation for CALD older
  people in the local area
• Information, training and resources to meet the
  cultural care needs of clients
• Rewarding partnerships between your service and
  the local community

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Contact TACS

• Mile Vilevski, Coordinator
• Tel [phone]
• Mile.Vilevski_at_email.cs.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Transcultural Aged Care Service
• Level 7, King George V Building
• Missenden Road
• CAMPERDOWN NSW 2050
• Tel [phone]
• tacs_at_email.cs.nsw.gov.au