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The Communication Cards depict a wide range of daily activities and situations and can be used to prompt discussion, assist with directions or clarify a client's needs. The Communication Cards cover themes such as: Food, Drink, Meals, Religion, Spirituality, Medical, Health Specialists, Personal Care, Sleep, TV, Recreation, Feelings, Pain and Mobility Aids

01 Jan 2017... The Aged Care Signage will assist residents in aged care facilities navigate their way around their home or service. Signs such as 'kitchen', 'dining room', 'keep out', 'danger', and 'this way to the garden', will help improve communication with residents/clients and minimise confusion.

'Cue Cards' is a resource developed by Eastern Health, Diversity and Inclusion, to assist health professionals and clients / carers who have English language difficulties or problems communicating with each other. This resource is not to be used in lieu of accredited interpreters, but can be used by clients/carers to communicate simple needs such as hunger, thirst, use of a telephone, request for a bible and by professionals to indicate simple instructions/concepts. PLEASE NOTE, the Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese translations can only be downloaded directly from the Eastern Health website. Please scroll down until you find these languages.

Audio and written information about palliative care. There is no English version of the podcast available but the multilingual podcasts contain roughly the same content as the brochure.