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Title Ageing and aged care  - various topics        
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing           
Description  A list of publications about ageing and aged care. 
Date undated
Languages 

English

 French  Macedonian   Serbian 
Arabic

German

 Maltese Spanish
Chinese  Greek Polish Tagalog
Croatian  Hungarian Russian Vietnamese
Dutch

Italian

 
Title Aged Care Advocacy 
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing    
Description  A free and confidential service promoting the rights of people receiving aged care services.
Date undated
Languages English

Croatian

 Greek Macedonian
Arabic Dutch Hungarian Maltese
Chinese German Italian Polish
 
Title Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme 
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description  The Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme is available to anyone who has a complaint or concern about an Australian Government-subsidised aged care service (residential or community care). 
Date undated      
Languages English French Macedonian Serbian
  Arabic German Maltese Spanish
  Chinese Greek Polish Tagalog
  Croatian Hungarian Russian Vietnamese
  Dutch

Italian

 

    
Title Commonwealth Carelink Centre 
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description Information about the services provided by Commonwealth Carelink Centres. 
Date undated 
Languages English German Macedonian Serbian
  Arabic Greek Maltese Spanish
  Chinese Hungarian Polish Ukranian
  Croatian Italian Russian Vietnamese
 

Dutch

 

      
Title Charters of Residents Rights 
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description Information outlining aged care residents' rights and responsibilities. 
Date Undated      
Languages English Dutch 

Hungarian 

 Polish
  Arabic German  Italian Serbian 
  Chinese Greek  Maltese  Spanish
  Croatian

 

    
 
Title Community Aged Care Packages 
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description Information on Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs), including subsidy rates and how to receive a Community Aged Care Package. Also includes contact numbers for further information.      
Date 2006      
Languages English  Dutch  Hungarian Polish 
  Arabic  German  Italian Serbian 
  Chinese  Greek Maltese  Vietnamese 
  Croatian 

 

 

  
Title Community Visitors Scheme  
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description Information about the program for current and prospective community visitors.   
Date 2004      
Languages English Croatian  Greek  Maltese 
  Arabic  Dutch  Hungarian Serbian 
  Chinese  German  Italian 
 

 

 

    
Title

Good bladder habits for everyone
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing   
Description 

Information that describes signs of bladder control problems which you should seek assistance for as well as describing how to keep your bladder healthy by appropriate fluid intake, practising good toilet habits, maintaining good bowel habits and looking after your pelvic floor muscles.
Date 2004      
Languages English Dutch  Maltese Tagalog
  Arabic  German  Farsi (Persian) Turkish
 

Chinese (simplified)

 Greek  Polish  Vietnamese

Chinese (traditional)

 Hungarian Serbian 

Croatian

 Italian Somali
Dinka Macedonian  Spanish
Title

Home and Community Care services
Publisher  Home and Community Care  
Description Information on the services provided by Home and Community Care.
Date undated      
Languages  English (audio) Finnish Hungarian Samoan (audio)
  Arabic (audio) French (audio) Italian (audio) Serbian (audio)
  Bosnian (audio) German (audio) Japanese Spanish (audio)
Chinese (audio) Greek (audio) Khmer

Vietnamese (audio)
Dutch (audio) Hindi Korean
  Filipino (audio) Hmong Polish (audio)  
         
Title

Incontinence myths and facts
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing
Description Information regarding the myths and facts around incontinence. 
Date 2003      
Languages  English  Croatian Italian Polish
  Arabic  Dutch  Macedonian  Serbian 
 

Chinese 

 

 Greek  Maltese 
         
Title Mistreatment of older people
Publisher  Elder Abuse Prevention Unit
Description Information on the mistreatment of elderly persons and their rights.    
Date undated      
Languages  English  Dutch Italian  Serbian
  Arabic  Filipino  Polish  Spanish 
  Chinese  Finnish  Russian  Vietnamese 
Croatian Greek

Samoan

 
 
Title Pelvic floor muscle training for men
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing
Description Information that describes what the pelvic floor muscles are, why they may weaken, the benefits of pelvic floor exercises and how to do pelvic floor exercises.  
Date 2010
Languages English Croatian  Italian  Polish
Arabic Dutch Macedonian Serbian
 

Chinese

 

 German Maltese Vietnamese
 
Title

Pelvic floor exercises for women
Publisher 

Department Health and Ageing
Description Information that describes what the pelvic floor muscles are, why they may weaken, the benefits of pelvic floor exercises and how to do pelvic floor exercises.    
Date 2010
Languages  English

Dutch

 Italian

Polish
Arabic German Macedonian

Serbian
Chinese Greek Maltese Vietnamese
Croatian

 

 
Title Transition Care Program
Publisher  Queensland Health
Description Transition Care Program. Information on services provided, who is eligible & fees.    
Date 2007
Languages English German Polish Tagalog
Chinese Greek Serbian Vietnamese

Dutch

 

 Italian Spanish
Title

Useful contact numbers
Publisher  Department Health and Ageing
Description Contact information for the Minister, services, agencies, organisations and Government departments related to aged care.    
Date 2005
Languages  English Croatian Greek Maltese
Arabic Dutch Hungarian Serbian
Chinese (Simple) German Italian Vietnamese
Chinese (Traditional)

Title Various topics on dementia and memory
Publisher  Alzheimers Australia    
Description Information about dementia, the symptoms and causes and explains the difference between normal memory problems and dementia.    
Date undated
Languages  English Greek Laotian Russian
Arabic Hindi Latvian Serbian
Armenian Hungarian Macedonian   Spanish
Chinese Indonesian Malay Tagalog
Croatian Italian Maltese Turkish
Dutch Japanese Polish Ukrainian
Finnish Khmer Portuguese Vietnamese
German Korean Romanian

 

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