Multilingual information

We provide multilingual information about:

Aged Care
Early Childhood
Health
Money Management
Respite Services

 

Aged Care

Aged Care Information

The MIC has developed an information sheet on aged care services. The sheet contains information on Home and Community Care Services, Aged Care Assessment Teams, Community Care Packages and Residential Aged Care. The information sheets are in English, Chinese and Farsi.

Access and Support Services – Clients

Available in:

Early Childhood

Information on Kindergartens for parents

Information Booklets for parents whose children are commencing kindergarten. Information includes what children do at kindergarten, what they need to bring and helpful hints for parents.

Health

Healthy Living In Australia

The Healthy Living in Australia booklet is a 44 page pictorial guide to living healthily in Australia. The booklet has been designed as a guide to assist people living in Australia to lead a healthy lifestyle. The information included is of greatest benefit if delivered in conjunction with practical education and skill development activities such as cooking demonstrations and supermarket tours.

The resource is based on foods readily available in Australia to assist newly arrived community members as well as the broader community, make healthy food choices in Australia. The resource or sections of the resource can easily be adapted by professionals to include cultural foods of individual communities that also provide healthy food choices. The guide covers a range of topics including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, dental care, physical activity and much more.

The booklet is available to order from the MIC in Arabic, Chin (Hakha), Chinese, English and Karen. Please click here to download an order form.

Money Management

Understanding Money in Australia (June 2006)- The MIC in partnership with Eastern Access Community Health developed flyers for the Sudanese community that provide information about borrowing money, buying a car, paying bills and understanding direct debit options. The flyers are available in Dinka, English, Nuer and Sudanese Arabic. The project was funded by the Consumer Credit Fund on the approval of the Minister for Consumer Affair. To download the flyers please click on the language required:

Dinka, English, Nuer, Sudanese Arabic.

Using ATM’s (June 2006) – The MIC in partnership with Eastern Access Community Health developed wallet for the Sudanese community that provide information on how to use ATMS. The wallet cards are available in Dinka, English, Nuer and Sudanese Arabic. The project was funded by the Consumer Credit Fund on the approval of the Minister for Consumer Affair. To download the information on the wallet cards please click on the language required below:

Dinka, English, Nuer, Sudanese Arabic.

Wallet cards are available from the MIC telephone 9285 4888 or Email mic@miceastmelb.com.au

Respite Services

Respite Information Sheets

As part of the Community Partners Program 2008-2009 a series of respite information sheets were developed in other languages. Click on the language below to download the language you want:

English, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Sinhalese, Tamil, Vietnamese

See our calendar of events for translated flyers for our programs and activities.

For information on our multilingual information, please contact us.

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