CULTURAL CARE KIT (REPRINTED 2009)

An information resource for service providers designed to identify the needs of people from Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

The Cultural Care Kit contains information and web based resources to assist any service provider dealing with this consumer group, and seeking to meet accreditation standards.

The communities covered:

Aboriginal	Anglo-Australian	Arabic	Bosnian	Cambodian
Chinese	Croatian	Czech	Dutch	Estonian
German	Greek	Hungarian	Indian	Italian
Jewish	Latvian	Maltese	Polish	Russian
Serbian	Spanish-speaking	Turkish	Ukrainian	Vietnamese

Each community section contains information about:

History of migration.	Role of family in caring for the elderly.
Traditions and special days.	Food and diet.
Attitudes to residential care, sickness, hospitals and pain.	Language, including phrases relevant to care.
Religion.	Death and burial rites.
Internet links.

We have included a section on the Anglo-Australian culture for staff who come from a non-English speaking background.

The Cultural Care Kit is a well accepted and valued resource in aged care homes as well as a range of other health care settings.

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