Growing Old in a Second Language: Why Culturally Appropriate Aged Care Matters
Getting older is difficult enough without doing it in a second language. Being of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background, for many seniors in Western Australia, ageing in a new country might involve accessing aged care services in a language other than their mother tongue, not having access to food from home and gradually losing contact with people in their home language or culture. AfCAS, the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services, is here to fill that gap. AfCAS is...