Translation of SAPOL Home Assist Scheme Services
The SAPOL Home Assist Scheme is aware that older people from CALD backgrounds have specific needs, in 2006, it was reported that one in six older South Australians aged 65 years and over did not speak English as their main language.
The SAPOL Home Assist Scheme Service Information Page is published on the internet, intranet, quarterly newsletter, Home Security and Personal Safety booklets. It describes the services that SAPOL Home Assist Scheme provide to HACC clients.
From statistics received from SAPOL Home Assist Scheme and the publication provided by OFTA 'Cultural and Linguistic Diversity amongst Older people in South Australia: A Demographic Over', SAPOL Home Assist Scheme have interpreted the SAPOL Home Assist Scheme Services Information Page into 7 non-English speaking languages:
