Get ready to explore practical strategies and sector insights on building stronger diversity, equity and inclusion practices in aged care and community services.

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📅 Wednesday 13 May 2026
🕔 10:00am to 2:00pm AEST
📍Online

Overview

This free online symposium brings together sector leaders, practitioners and lived-experience voices to explore what diversity and inclusion means under the new Aged Care Act. The event focuses on turning inclusive care principles into practical, everyday actions that improve outcomes for older people from all backgrounds.

Participants will hear real-world approaches and innovative practices that support person-centred, culturally safe and trauma-informed care across aged care services.

What’s Covered

Delegates will explore key themes shaping inclusive practice in aged care, including:

• Human rights, diversity and person-centred care in practice
• How diversity is embedded in strengthened Quality Standards
• Communicating effectively across cultures and identities
• Specialisation Verification Framework and what it means for providers
• Trauma-aware and healing-informed approaches to care delivery

Who should attend

Managers, team leaders, coordinators, care workers, and all CHSP and community aged care service staff.

Cost

Free

Presented by: 

Sector Support and Development (funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing)

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