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• Caring & Carers
• · Education & Training
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Aged care providers support ageing LGBTI community through mobile app
The introduction of funding for a new innovative mobile app and online education platform will aim to up-skill the aged care sector to better meet the needs of the ageing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...

• Caring & Carers
• · Culture Awareness
• · Dementia
It’s not just about sex
The basic human need of intimacy does not disappear as we age however in aged care planning it is mostly overlooked and often regarded as inappropriate.

• Caring & Carers
• · Culture Awareness
• · Housing
LASA Victoria 2017 Excellence in Care Awards recognise best in state
The Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA) Victoria’s 2017 Excellence in Care Awards have been presented at the State Conference in Melbourne this week.

• Education & Training
• · LGBTI
A video about LGBTI history is helping provide proper care
The Aged Care Channel has made a course on how to provide appropriate care to LGBTI people in aged care freely accessible.

• Caring & Carers
• · Government
• · LGBTI
Help shape CALD and LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care
The Government is welcoming feedback as part of its review on the national strategies that support the aged care needs of people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Lesbian, Gay,...

• Government
• · LGBTI
New initiative to support South Australian LGBTIQ communities
Aiming to give older LGBTIQ South Australians a voice, Council on the Ageing (COTA) SA has joined forces with the SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance (SARAA) to form a consumer-led LGBTIQ movement.

• LGBTI
What older gay men entering aged care are concerned about
Ostracisation is the main concern for older gay men considering entering into aged care settings, as well as class and sexuality according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology.

• LGBTI
• · Providers
First rainbow tick for LGBTI inclusivity in aged care
Hepburn Health Service, a healthcare provider delivering services to a population of 17,000 people in country Victoria, is the first aged and home care provider in Australia to receive a Rainbow Tick...

• Education & Training
• · LGBTI
Supporting LGBTI, ‘waste of money’
Claims by the federal Opposition that training for aged care workers in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) is a waste of money and may be axed under a Liberal government has...