Australian multilingual radio program seeks to inform seniors about aged care, health, wellbeing

The Speak My Language radio program reaches out to aging populations in Australia with the goal of informing diverse seniors about aged care, health, and wellbeing. The Australian government funded the project with $1 million. The Australia Department of Health wants to use the program to keep multilingual communities up to date with age-specific information, especially those from diverse backgrounds. The program will be initially broadcast in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Serbian, Macedonian, Hindi, Arabic and English, with a second phase to expand the program to up to 25 languages.