Translated resources and interpreters
Vietnamese Aged Care Accommodation Brochure
Calvary Flora MacDonald Retirement Community, South Australia
Other translated resources
In addition to our translated health information, other aged care, health and medical translated resources are available for friends and relatives of non-English speaking people. These include:
- ‘My Aged Care’ provides translated resources to help older people find information about health services and what to do to receive them.
- The Palliative Care Association Victoria provides translated Palliative care resources. Palliative care supports people with a life limiting illness and their families to live, die and grieve well.
Interpreters
TIS National Free Interpreting Service
131 450 within Australia
The Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you think a relative, friend or client may need an interpreter, encourage them to use one by asking the receptionist, doctor or pharmacist. Give them details of the language, dialect and gender needed. They can then organise an interpreter.
Directory of Accredited Practitioners of Translating and Interpreting
1300 557 470 within Australia
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)