Health message speaks 15 languages
Australians from 15 different language communities will now be better informed about how they may reduce their risk of developing dementia with the release of bilingual dementia risk reduction tip sheets through Victoria’s Alzheimer’s Australia program, Mind your Mind.
All Australians, especially those aged 40 and above, are encouraged by the program to lead a brain healthy lifestyle that is, being physically, mentally and socially active, eating healthily, avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, managing blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and weight, as well as protecting against head injury.
The tip sheets have been developed through community consultation in Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Finnish, Greek, Italian, Lao, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
For more information about Alzheimer’s Australia’s Mind your Mind program and to download the bilingual tip sheets, visit www.mindyourmind.org.au or call the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500 or the Telephone Interpreter Service 131 450.
