Funded by the Department of Health, now the Department of Social Services, from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2015, the North East Multicultural Aged Care Connections Project (NEMACC) worked within the Victorian local government areas of Alpine, Indigo, Wangaratta, Benalla and Mansfield.
NEMACC enabled Elderly Australian Migrants to continue to lead active and healthy lives, where possible in their own homes, for longer by improving access to information and aged care services. A priority of our work was to enhance the capacity of aged care service providers to assist people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, and to ensure that ageing migrants received the quality of care they require.