People from multicultural backgrounds
Talk to your healthcare team about anything you or your family need to support your cultural practices, choices and preferences.
Spiritual support can be accessed through a spiritual care provider or a member of one's religious faith. Cultural and religious beliefs are respected.
Palliative Care Australia has translated resources and practical information to support families from linguistically diverse backgrounds accessing palliative care.
Translating and interpreting services
Queensland Health will pay for qualified interpreting services for consumers who are hearing impaired or have difficulties communicating in English.
Learn more about translating and interpreting services including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting.
Planning ahead
It can be hard to talk about what might happen if you become very unwell. Advance care planning can give you and your loved ones peace of mind when they know what your wishes are so they can be respected.
Advance Care Planning Australia has information in different languages.
The My Care, My Choices brochure (PDF, 946 KB) explains the advance care planning process in simple terms and is available in a wide range of languages.
Find out more information about advance care planning:
Other resources
- Financial and legal matters
- Multicultural Resource Directory
- Payments and services available from the Australian Government in your language – Services Australia