Macedonian-Speaking Aged Care & Disability Support
ADEC supports older members of the Macedonian community, and people living with disability, to access aged care and disability services without the added stress of a language or culture barrier. We are here whether you are looking for yourself or helping a parent or relative.
03 9480 7000
Macedonian Aged Care with Respect & Dignity
For many Macedonian families, staying close and involved matters, and that often extends beyond the immediate household to a wider network of family, friends and the local Macedonian community. Our team builds that reality into how we deliver care rather than treating it as an afterthought.
Across our team we speak more than 33 languages, Macedonian included, and we can bring in a free professional interpreter any time you or your family need one to fully understand your options, funding or paperwork.
CALD Verified Support
We try to match you with a support worker who understands Macedonian culture and how you like to communicate, and where possible we keep sending the same person so trust has a chance to grow visit after visit.
ADEC has spent more than 42 years working alongside multicultural communities right across Victoria, and we are a verified culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) provider under My Aged Care Australia.
Our aim is simple: help Macedonian families feel steady and supported as they work through the Australian aged care and disability system.
If you have been searching for Macedonian speaking Support at Home services or Macedonian speaking NDIS support in Melbourne, you have landed in the right place.
Services
Aged Care Services (Support at Home)
ADEC provides in-home, Macedonian-Speaking aged care services, helping you manage funding to get the best value.
Disability Support Services
As a registered NDIS provider, we offer Plan Management and a compassionate team of support workers to help you live your best life.
Support Services
Our skilled bilingual support staff are matched to your language needs, with compassionate workers who speak 33 different languages.
Advocacy
We help people living with a disability understand their rights, access services, and speak up for what they need, including free NDIS appeals support.
Community Programs
Our programs support vulnerable or isolated community members through skill-building, social engagement, information sessions, and confidence development.
This page is for people searching for Macedonian speaking Support at Home services and NDIS support in Melbourne.
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Why Language and Culture Matter in Your Care
When care is delivered in your own language and with real cultural understanding, it stops feeling transactional and starts feeling like genuine support.
With ADEC, here is what to expect:
- Straightforward explanations of services, costs and what happens next, in Macedonian
- Conversations about personal care and wellbeing handled with warmth and respect
- Family brought into decisions when that is what you want
- Your routines and cultural preferences shaping the support plan, not the other way around
- A guiding hand through My Aged Care and NDIS paperwork
We know decisions about care are often made together as a family in Macedonian households, and we are more than happy to sit down with everyone involved.
What We Offer the Macedonian Community
Our home-based aged care support helps older members of the Macedonian community stay independent, safe and settled in their own home.
This can include:
- Assistance with personal care
- A hand with everyday household tasks
- Getting to appointments or the shops
- Staying socially connected to community
- Working through the My Aged Care process together
We approach every visit with patience and respect, mindful of how much dignity and independence mean within Macedonian cultural traditions.
Managing an NDIS plan can be a lot to take on, especially if English is not the language you are most comfortable in.
Our Plan Management service helps Macedonian-speaking participants and their families carry that load with far less stress.
We take care of things like:
- Paying your service providers for you
- Keeping track of what you have spent and what is left in your budget
- Making sense of your plan and what supports it covers
- Cutting down the paperwork and admin load
That frees up more of your energy for the things that matter, your goals, your independence and your wellbeing.
Why Macedonian Families Keep Choosing ADEC
Trusted by Multicultural Communities for Over 40 Years
For more than four decades, ADEC has helped people from many cultural backgrounds across Victoria access the services they need.
“A big thank you to Mary located at the South Morang. Mary, our case manager, is reliable, honest and caring. She always takes the time to answer any questions and follow up anything needed, nothing is a problem. We highly recommend ADEC because of her, we use them for NDIS and Aged Care.”
“Feeling blessed to be part of this caring group and ADEC is such a wonderful organisation. They always ask what we need and take action to give us what is required in activities”
“I am so happy with Lakhveer as my Aged Care Case Manager. She is so lovely, so concerned about my husband and I. She is very gentle with me on the phone and is always very helpful. I am so lucky to have her helping me with all the things I need and attending to my requests promptly. I have recommended ADEC to many of my friends and will continue to do so because they are so helpful and good at what they do”
Ready to Talk?
If Macedonian-speaking aged care or disability support is what you need, ADEC is ready when you are.
Our team will listen first, walk you through your options in plain terms, and help you land on the right level of support for your situation.