Resources
On this page: Caring for CaLD Seniors Toolkit | Advance personal plans | Aged care contract checklists | Free translations | Industry knowledge | Links to more resources
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PICAC NT maintains a resource library of culturally appropriate care information for multicultural seniors in the NT, and those who are caring for them. PICAC NT can provide resources, information and training on the following topics: culturally appropriate aged care, aged care, multilingual copies of selected Department of Health documents, health care issues for older Territorians and other cultures.
Key resources for CaLD seniors, carers & service providers
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Includes details on how to access resources and tools to care for seniors from CaLD backgrounds and promotes web resources available in multiple languages.
- Topics include: catering for CaLD seniors, communication cards and signage, cross cultural communication, dementia awareness, ethnic media (TV and radio), information in languages, incontinence care information in other languages, translated mental health information, translation and interpreting services (NT and national).
Advance Personal Plans
An Advance Personal Plan is a legal document that will set out your future health, financial and life choices should you be unable to make decisions for yourself. Read more about advance personal plans here.
- Available through PICAC in Chinese (hakka, simplified and traditional), Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese. Click here to access.
Aged Care Contract Checklists
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Making a Contract with Clients from CaLD Backgrounds for Home Care* – PICAC has produced two checklists, one for service providers and one for clients.
- PICAC_Contract Checklist_Provider_EN As a Service Provider, you should be able to tick ‘yes’ to each of the 7 checklist items.
- PICAC_Contract Checklist_Client_EN Before signing a contract for home care, you should be able to tick yes to 10 checklist items.
- Click here for Aged Care Contract checklist in languages most commonly used in the Northern Territory. Click here to access all available languages (58 in total).
Industry knowledge
Free translations of documents for service providers
- Any of the resources produced by PICAC NT can be freely provided on request. *Aged care contract checklists can be translated free of charge, as can any contracts, flyers and administrative document used by service providers. Contact the PICAC Manager for help with translations.
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Links to more resources (a-z)
- CaLD Community Profiles (Department of Immigration and Citizenship)
- Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing – offers cue cards, aged care signage and multilingual health and aged care information, plus a section on dementia.
- COVID-19 Cultural Background Resources (updated 22-04-2020)
- COVID_19_Vaccine_Multicultural_Information_Pack (March 2022) – Resources in many languages, posters, stickers etc. – available from the Department of Health.
- Cross Cultural Communication – Visit the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health website for articles, reports and tolls associated with communication and language services for seniors from CaLD backgrounds. Refer to Caring for CALD Seniors Toolkit – January 2026 (includes link to Tip Sheet: Speak with clients who have low English proficiency).
- Cultural and Religious Guidelines for Service Providers (Northern Territory Office of Multicultural Affairs). Refer to Caring for CALD Seniors Toolkit – January 2026
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing – The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing web pages are available in multiple languages.
- Ethnic Media – Refer to Caring for CALD Seniors Toolkit – January 2026 for directions on how to search for radio and TV them.
- Meaningful Ageing Australia – See Me Know Me resources help to start conversations with aged care providers and ensure that they see the real people behind names and numbers.
- Mental Health – Visit the Mental Health in Multicultural Australia and the Dementia Australia websites for videos and fact sheets in multiple languages
- My Aged Care -Translated information is available on this website. Refer to Caring for CALD Seniors Toolkit – January 2026
- Translating and Interpreting Service (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) – available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provides telephone and onsite interpreting services. More information available from TIS National on 131 450
Page updated January 2026
