Conversations: Aged Care Series - Webinar 3 Understanding Dementia

Description
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing and All Graduates have collaborated through "Conversations: Interpreting and Translating" to provide training for interpreters and translators through a series of Aged Care webinars in 2021. The series consists of 5 parts and includes collaborations with other Aged Care organisations.

The third webinar in the series is in collaboration with Dementia Australia.

Topics covered:
-What is dementia?
-Types of dementia
-Diagnosis of dementia
-Experience of dementia
-Dementia Care Navigator Service
-Working with Interpreters

Access to Handouts:
https://www.conversations-interpretin...

Who would this be useful for?
Interpreters and Translators who work in Aged Care settings.

Presented/Facilitated by:

Nina Catalano - Dementia Care Navigator (CaLD Specialist) Western Sydney at Dementia Australia
Nina’s current role is with Dementia Australia where she has worked for the past 8 years. She has a diploma in Counselling and Dementia Studies.
Nina has worked in the Dementia field for over 30 years and has extensive knowledge in Community Care and Support as well as Community and Carer Education.

Fatih Karakas, MSocSc(Trans&InterpSt)

Fatih Karakas is the Trainer and Training & PD Coordinator at All Graduates. He is also a lecturer in the Translating and Interpreting Program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University where he also completed his Masters in Translation and Interpreting. He teaches both at Vocational and Higher Education levels and has delivered training in other states across the country for RMIT University and AUSIT. He is particularly interested in teaching interpreting skills as well as ethics and professionalism with a focus on providing non-language specific training via online Learning Management Systems. Fatih is also a NAATI certified interpreter and translator (Turkish-English) specialising in legal and healthcare interpreting.

Your interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will join us for our events throughout 2021 and onwards.

Don’t forget to visit our training website for more information and PD opportunities: https://www.conversations-interpretin...