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West End CONNECT, Diversicare’s respite centre, is fostering a 65-year long friendship between Polish respite attendees, ninety-one year old Leonarda Nurzynski and ninety-four year old Anna Baczynski. The two have been life-long friends since immigrating to Australia with their husbands and children from Europe in 1950. Both have fascinating life stories, firstly of the hardships…
Enjoy retirement in your home
One of the most common reasons retirees leave their home is due to the challenges of maintaining their independence at home. Support is at hand – Diversicare invites eligible members of our community to make their home their retirement destination. Diversicare, a not-for-profit organisation, understands the concerns you may have with maintaining your home, your health…
Help on offer for those needing extra in-home services
Brisbane seniors can now access private care services to help them stay in their own home longer and improve their quality of life. Diversicare’s privately funded services benefit members of the community from both culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and non CALD backgrounds. Premier home care services are available to all; including self-funded retirees, or…
ECCQ Chairperson a finalist for a Queensland Australian of the Year Award
The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ) Chairperson, Yasmin Khan, has been named the Queensland Finalist for Australia’s Local Hero in the prestigious 2017 Australian of the Year Awards. As a diversity champion, Ms Khan has spent many years as an advocate, breaking down barriers and countering myths about Islam and the Muslim Community by…
ECCQ celebrates 40 year milestone
The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ) celebrated the significant milestone of 40 years of service to multicultural communities in Queensland, representing their rights, needs and interests with a full house of community leaders, politicians and supporters at BEMAC last night. The event celebrated this milestone with speeches, performances, dancing and awards that honoured ECCQ’s…
