Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1028 Wednesday 30 June 2010
$400K for aged
care training
Employees in the aged care sector will
get GLBTI sensitivity training under
a new $400,000 federal government...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1028 Wednesday 30 June 2010
$400K for aged
care training
Employees in the aged care sector will
get GLBTI sensitivity training under
a new $400,000 federal government
scheme.
Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek
announced the funding at an
information night held for older GLBT
people at the close of Pride Week.
“The Department of Health and
Ageing supports the need for an agedcare provider education program to
address GLBT ageing issues,” Plibersek
said.
“We think training is going to be very
important for people working in the
aged care and the health sector.
As the
population continues to age, the GLBT
population also ages, and makes up an
increasingproportionofourcommunity
as a whole.
”
The program will be developed by
ACON in partnership with the Aged and
Community Services Association NSW
and ACT, with the aim of delivering a
sensitivity training program over the
next 12 months.
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