These multicultural profiles aim to create a tool to provide aged care providers with
- An awareness of the cultural and linguistically diverse needs of older persons from various backgrounds.
- It also strives to enable the professional capability and progress of staff in the provision of culturally inclusive care; and
- The organisation’s compliance with the Residential Care Standards and National Care Standards as they pertain to the issue of cultural and linguistic needs.
The profiles provide beneficial information about a variety of subjects and resources.
These are guides only and are not intended to replace one stereotype of culture with another; they are only intended to provide some insight into different cultures. Nor do they reduce the importance of you establishing the individual cultural needs of each person as part of your care planning process.
In an effort to continue to provide you with updated information of these profiles and improve the contents, we encourage readers to provide feedback by contacting Quality Aging or leave a message in the comment section below.
More profiles will be added in due course. If there is a nationality that you would like as soon as possible feel free to contact us or leave a message below in the comments.
To assist you with the Languages of these Nationalities you will find Cue Cards here.
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Thanks again for these fantastic profiles my facility has just been audited and the auditors were impressed with these resources. I have been asked to see if it is possible to get a Pasifika Profile and Cue Cards. Thanks again
Hi again, have just found out that the Pasifika file I was asking about is for a resident who is from Nuie, so if possible one for Nuie please
Thanks again
Hi Birgit
I love the Cultural Profiles and was wondering if you would be able to do one for Mexico Please
Kind Regards
Sue Ryan
Thanks Sue, will get on to the Mexican profile for you.
Birgit
All done Sue.
Mexico has now been uploaded.
Birgit 🙂
Hi Birgit
Thanks for everything you do for this site I just love it and use your resources all the time.
We are currently trying to connect our residents more with our Nepalese staff.
Is it possible to put together an armchair travel package from Nepal with all the trimmings of course flags,bunting etc.
If you could it would be vey much appreciated.
Thanking you for everything you do.
Kind Regards Trish
Thanks Trish, will get on to it.
Birgit
Hi Birgit, Can you please do Indonesia? Many thanks. Barbara
Hi Barbara
Will have it up asap.
Birgit
Hi Barbara
Indonesia has been uploaded along with cue cards
Excellent, many thanks Birgit.
Hi Birgit,
We have a few residents who’s cultural profile isn’t available yet, would you consider doing the following; Nigerian, Lebanese, Lithuanian, Papua New Guinea, Malaysian.
Thank you so much, they are really useful!
Hi Fiona
I will get on them in a couple of days, just finishing another request off.
Kind Regards
Birgit
Thank you so much!
Hi Fiona
All done now and uploaded.
Birgit 🙂
Hi Birgit, again thank you for these profiles they are a fantastic resource and I have used quite a few. I would like some info on both Tonga and Samoa if possible.
Thanks
Paula
Paula will have them up as soon as I can for you.
Birgit
Hi Paula
The Tonga profile has now been uploaded.
Birgit
Hi Paula
The Samoan profile has now been uploaded.
Birgit
Hi Birgit,
You have put together a wonderful resource that we are using at our facility often. We are in an area of Australia which has the largest population of Sikh Indians out side of India. They are all from the Punjabi area in India and they often tell me that it is very different from other parts of India- would so appreciate it if you could do some work on this area..
Hi Kerri
Profile has now been uploaded for you 🙂
Birgit
Hi Birgit
Would you please be able to do a profile for Cyprus.
Thank you
Kristene
Hi Kristene
Will get one done for you asap.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Birgit
Kristene Cyprus has now been uploaded for you.
🙂
Birgit
Thank you so much.
Your welcome ????
Hi Birgitta, would you be able to do a profile for Finland please. Thanks:)
Marion uploaded for you today along with Finnish Cue Cards.
Birgit 🙂
good afternoon any chance of having one done for the U.S.A thanks.
Hi Meggs
It is on our list already … will have it up asap.
Thanks
Birgit
Hi Meggs
USA has now been uploaded.
🙂
Hi Could we please have a profile and arm chair travel through Israel with cue cards in Yiddish and Hebrew
Thanks
Will add it to the to do list Rachael and have it up asap.
Birgit
Hi Rachael
I have uploaded Hebrew and Yiddish Cue Cards now, also Israel Armchair Travel. Am still working on the profile, will have it up asap.
😀 Birgit
Hi Rachael
Israel profile has now been uploaded.
🙂
Birgit
Hi Birgit
Would it be possible to have profile and cue cards for Islam/iran
Thanks so much, the profles are a great resource.
Sue
Hi Sue
I think what you need you will find under Persia / Iran.
Cheers
Birgit
Hi Birgit
Great work with the profiles.
Is there any chance we could have a profile and cue cards for Islam/Iran
Thanks Suen
My workplace have just completed Accreditation and they were very impressed with the profile and cue card files we had made from you guys. They ticked all the boxes for our cultural speaking residents. Thanks again, it saved hours and hours of work.
could we please have a cultural folder for Lebanon.
also could we have Lebanon on the armchair travels.
Hi Janette
Will have it up asap.
Birgit
Hi Janette
Lebanon has now been added to the profiles and also to Armchair Travel.
Birgit
Would like a cultural profile for Romania. Already have the cue cards which are a great help Thanks
Hi Paula
We are currently working on a Romanian profile. It will be up asap.
Birgit
Hi Paula
Romanian Profile has now been uploaded.
Birgit
Hello. Any chance of getting a profile done on Japan? We have a client who no longer remembers much English (I’ve posted a request for Japanese cue cards too). A detailed profile on Japan would assist us greatly to understand and appreciate her culture. Thank you.
Thanks Melissa, will add it to the list and have it uploaded asap.
Birgit
Hi Melissa
Your Japanese profile has now been updated.
Have a great day!
🙂
Hi Birgit
Hope you are well
Any chance of having one done for Afghanistan, as I have couple residents from there
Thanks heaps
Thanks Mary, am very well and very busy.
We will add Afghanistan to the list and have it up as soon as possible.
Take Care
Hi, Thank you so much for these wonderful resources.
If possible could you do an Armenian, Yugoslavian and Swiss Cultural Profile and Cue cards if possible.
Thank you.
They are on the list to get done …will have them up as soon as possible.
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated.
Birgit
Hi Tania, The Swiss profile is up and the cue cards are also up for Switzerland and Armenia .. Yugoslavia was broken up into different countries and therefore has many different languages, we have tried to cover all the languages in the cue cards. We found a list of the languages and have posted below for your information and to hopefully make it easier for you to work out which ones you need. If there is anything you require further to this please let us know.
Regards
Birgit
This is a list of the languages of the former country of Yugoslavia:
•Serbo-Croato-Slovenian, official language of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia
•Serbo-Croatian, language of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, previously Socialist Republics (SR) in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
•Macedonian language, language of Macedonia, previously SR Macedonia in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
•Slovene language, language of Slovenia, previously SR Slovenia in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
•Bosnian language, standard form of Serbo-Croatian used in Bosnia and Hercegovina after breakup of Yugoslavia
•Croatian language, standard form of Serbo-Croatian used in Croatia after breakup of Yugoslavia
•Montenegrin language, standard form of Serbo-Croatian used in Montenegro after breakup of Yugoslavia
•Serbian language, standard form of Serbo-Croatian used in Serbia after breakup of Yugoslavia
•Albanian language, co-official language in Autonomous Province of Kosovo in Socialist Republic of Serbia of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
ref: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Languages_of_Yugoslavia
Hello
These are wonderful and a great resource.
Would it be possible to do Egyptian as well?
Regards
Joy
Thanks Joy.
We will add Egypt to the list and have it up asap.
Birgit
Joy, the Egyptian profile is now unloaded.
Armenian and Yugoslavian profiles have now been uploaded.
Hope they assist you Tania.
Cheers
Birgit
Hi there could we have a profile for Czech please I’m putting together a folder for accreditation and recently got a resident into facility from this culture
Hi Marcia
Czech Republic is now uploaded, apologies for the delay.
Birgit
Hi could u supply a profile for Czech please I’m am putting together folders for accreditation and need a profile for one of our residents who is new to facility
Thanks is great info
Will work on it for you Marcia.
Thanks for the comment
Birgit
We would love it if there was a profile for United Kingdom, Malta, and Scotland, Can you post whether it is possible to complete these?
Hi Catherine
I will start working on them and let you know asap once they are done and uploaded.
Birgit
Hi Catherine
Maltese and United Kingdom have been completed. Scotland is still being worked on. You will also find Cue Cards for Malta have also been added on the Cue Card page. https://www.qualityaging.com.au/cue-cards/
How do I access the cue cards? I don’t see a link.
Go to the Resources at the top of page, click on Multiculturalism, a side menu will come up that has cue cards on it. Or just go to the multiculturalism page and scroll down…. there is also a link there.
Shortcut: https://www.qualityaging.com.au/cue-cards/
Hope this helps.
We have a group of people coming from the phillipines to our centre is there any chance of getting some information on their culture. All of your culture profiles are so helpful . Thanks a lot
Hi Julie
Will add it to the list and have it up asap.
Glad they are helpful for you.
Birgit
Thanks so much Brigit. You are a legend.
Hi. I love all your cultural profiles. Very helpful. We are having a week on India soon, was wondering if you could do something on that. Again many thanks for all your work. Julie
Hi Julie
Leave it with me will see what I can come up with.
Have a great day!
Birgit
Your Indian Profile has now been uploaded Julie.
Can we get an Irish profile please?
Many thanks.
I will work on the Irish one for you Colleen and have it up asap.
🙂
Birgit
Ireland has been added for you Colleen.
🙂
Birgit
Hi
Could you tell me if you will be having a profile developed on the Portuguese culture.
These are fantastic profiles and extremely helpful
Thanks
Mandy
Thank you Mandy, I am pleased they are helpful for you.
I will work on Portuguese for you and have it up asap.
Birgit 🙂
Profile and Cue Cards for Portugal have been uploaded now…. Hope they help.
Birgit
Marnie
We now have two new profiles – Chinese and Russian.
We are working on the others.
Cheers
I would like to see if you could make up a cultural profile on Turkey, SOuth Africa, Italy, China, and Chile to assist in creating a cultural profile kit.
Thanks
Hi Marnie
I will get on to those next week, however this may take a little bit of time. I will add them as I get them done.
Thank you for your comment.
I would like some info about Persia as we have a new Resident that does not speak English, I have downloaded cue cards and have staff help me with the phonetic version of the language but would greatly appreciate your help in any cultural info.
Thanks for your comment Debra. We will get what info we can for you to assist you with your resident.
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