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Cultural and linguistic diversity measures in aged care

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Release Date: 22 Aug 2014
Topic: Aged care

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Accurate and consistent identification of those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, along with their service needs, is important to achieving the objectives of the National Ageing and Aged Care Strategy for People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds. This paper presents findings from an evaluation of CALD measures identified in 43 data sets and assessment instruments, and recommendations for implementing the ‘top-10’measures in aged care data sets.

  • ISBN: 978-1-74249-590-3
  • Cat. no: AGE 74
  • Pages: 167
Findings from this report:
  • 1 in 3 aged care data sets reviewed used the ABS measures for country of birth and language spoken

  • In 2011, 18% of all Australians were born overseas in a non-English speaking country—and 22% of older Australians

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