Accessible communication resources for health consumers

These resources have been designed in an accessible way to support you as you work together with NSW Health.

- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs)
  Use this link to find your nearest Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO).
- Healthy Mouths Healthy Living
  Tips and information for Aboriginal people on how to take care of your teeth, gums, and dentures.
- Immunisation for Aboriginal people and communities
  Information on the importance of immunisation and vaccination for Aboriginal people and communities.
- Palliative care for the Aboriginal community
  Culturally safe resources and helplines to support Aboriginal people during time of palliative and end-of-life care, and Sorry Business.
- Respiratory illness - Resources for Aboriginal communities
  Resources for Aboriginal people and communities on the importance of receiving flu vaccinations to stay protected from respiratory illness. These have been developed by NSW Health in partnership with the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Centre.
- Smoking and vaping resources for Aboriginal young people
  Fact sheets and videos for Aboriginal young people that have been co-designed with The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use on the impact of smoking and vaping, and services to help you quit.
- NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
  This resource provides access to health information documents in over 80 different languages.
- Oral health for multicultural communities
  Resources and advice for multicultural communities on effectively looking after oral health.
- Translated respiratory illness resources
  Fact sheets, brochures, and videos in multiple languages about how to protect yourself and how to take care of yourself and others with respiratory illness.
- Communication Hub
  This is for people with communication difficulties, their communication partners, and the wider community. It was developed by Speech Pathology Australia and the Australian Group Supporting Communication Inclusion.
- COVID-19 information for people with disability
  Information and Easy Read resources on COVID-19 to support people with disability.
- Oral health advice for carers of people with disability
  Resources and advice on oral health for carers of people with disability.
- Consent to getting health care
  Information about your rights, and how and why we ask for consent.
- Council for Intellectual Disability - Health guide resources
  Find Easy Read resources on various topics.
- COVID-19 Easy Read resources
  A series of COVID-19 Easy Read resources, including information on what COVID-19 is, testing for COVID, managing symptoms and vaccinations.
- Denture care
  This NSW Health resource will give you information on how to take care of your dentures.
- Getting health information in your language
  An Easy Read guide on how to get health information in your language, including Auslan and an interpreter.
- Getting ready to leave hospital
  A guide about when you go to hospital, what happens when you are in hospital and when you are about to leave.
- How to make a complaint about your health care
  What to do if you're not happy with a NSW Health service.
- Medicines and your mouth
  Information on how to look after your teeth and gums.
- Palliative care for you
  An Easy Read guide with support services and information on palliative care.
- Palliative care for children
  An Easy Read guide to understanding palliative care for children, and supports and services for families with children who require or are in palliative care.
- Palliative care for people close to you
  This Easy Read guide is aimed at those with a family member or friend who needs palliative care to help them understand what palliative care is and how they can get support.
- Talking about death and dying
  This guide talks about end-of-life processes and support.
- Voluntary assisted dying
  A guide to everything you need to know when it comes to voluntary assisted dying.
- When you go to hospital
  A guide to what happens when you go to hospital.

Current as at: Tuesday 20 August 2024

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Accessible communication resources for health consumers