Quality Care

Working with Arabic Speaking Muslim

Elderly

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What is the Community Partners Program (CPP)?

• The CPP is a Federal Government funded initiative designed to make mainstream aged care services more accessible to elderly people from Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds.

• The program aims to achieve this by identifying the barriers that hinder CALD elderly from accessing aged care services.

• Secondly, the program aims to identify solutions to breakdown these barriers & improve access to these services.

• This is achieved by WORKING WITH BOTH SERVICE PROVIDERS & CALD elderly.

Resource Development

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Cultural Brief

• Introduction to the Arab Culture• Introduction to the Religion; Islam• Spirituality • Same Gender Care• Greetings• Dress• Hygiene• Food• Family • Visitors • Caring for the Dying• Useful Facts

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Quick Facts

• The aged care system is a foreign concept for most ASME as many come from countries who don't have it.

• Many ASME are reluctant to access services because they assume providers will not understand, respect or accommodate for their religion.

• In Islam, physical contact between the opposite sexes is not permitted unless they are family.• It is desirable & highly respectful to call a middle age and elderly Muslim man “Hajj” & a

middle age and elderly Muslim women “Hajjah”, either on its own or in addition to their names.

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