{"id":29492,"date":"2019-09-16T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T05:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/?page_id=29492"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:09:37","slug":"about-picac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/about-picac\/","title":{"rendered":"About PICAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About PICAC &amp; multicultural advocacy<\/h1>\n<p><em>Quick links: <\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/representation\/\">Advocacy &amp; Representation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/information-in-language\/\">Information in Language<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/media\/\">Media<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/networks\/\">NT Networks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/programs-and-projects\/\">Projects &amp; Programs<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/picac-publications\/\">Publications<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/services\/\">Training &amp; Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The<em>\u00a0Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care<\/em> (PICAC) initiative, established in 1997, supports aged care services in meeting the unique needs of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Through the PICAC program, you can access workshops, training, information sessions, fact sheets, guides, and resources in multiple languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aged Care Charter<\/strong> &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/aged-care-charter\/\">Australian Government&#8217;s charter<\/a> committing services providers into making services culturally appropriate, accessible, consumer-orientated and effective<\/li>\n<li><strong>PICAC<\/strong> across Australia &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/picac-across-australia\/\">Links to PICAC co-ordinators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>PICAC<\/strong> in the Northern Territory &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/representation\/\">Advocacy &amp; Representation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/information-in-language\/\">Information in Language<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/media\/\">Media<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/networks\/\">NT Networks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/programs-and-projects\/\">Projects &amp; Programs<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/picac-publications\/\">Publications<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/picac\/services\/\">Training &amp; Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How PICAC is delivered<\/h2>\n<p>PICAC coordinators work to improve the partnership between aged care providers, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to ensure that aged care service providers are informed on best practice in the delivery of culturally appropriate care.<\/p>\n<p>The PICAC Program provides funding for eight organisations, one in each state and territory. For further information on the PICAC project and other initiatives of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/initiatives-and-programs\/partners-in-culturally-appropriate-care-picac\">https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/initiatives-and-programs\/partners-in-culturally-appropriate-care-picac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Page updated January 2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About PICAC &amp; multicultural advocacy Quick links: \u00a0Advocacy &amp; Representation\u00a0|\u00a0Information in Language\u00a0|\u00a0Media\u00a0|\u00a0NT Networks\u00a0|\u00a0Projects &amp; Programs\u00a0 |\u00a0Publications\u00a0|\u00a0Resources\u00a0|\u00a0Training &amp; Services The\u00a0Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) initiative,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1164,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"custom-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"TEC\\Tickets\\Commerce\\Module","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-29492","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29492"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106399,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29492\/revisions\/106399"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}