Staff from IA2 participated in a webinar sponsored by the CMS Long Term Services and Support (LTSS) workgroup to provide an overview of the toolkit recently developed by the organization. The American Indian and Alaska Native Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)…
IA2 Published in Gerontologist’s WHCoA Edition – Mental Health Disorders Among an Invisible Minority
IA2 staff in conjunction with lead author Dr. Mario Garrett, co-authored an article as part of a special issue of The Gerontologist devoted to the White House Conference on Aging. Click to access full text online. Click to access full pdf…
IA2 President Recognized as CDC Health Equity Champion
November 24, 2014 IA2 President, William F. Benson was recognized this month as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Equity Champion. In response to the honor and acknowledgement of his years of service, Mr. Benson notes “I am amazed and enormously…
Long-Term Services and Supports Webinar Mentions IA2 Issue Brief on Empathy and End-of-Life Care
March 27, 2013 IA2’s issue brief on “Moving Beyond Paradigm Paralysis: American Indian End-of-Life Care” was discussed during a March 27 webinar in a series on Long-Term Services and Supports sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Administration…
Baldridge Co-Authors Paper Examining Nursing Home Care Assumptions about AI/ANs
Aug. 8, 2012 IA2 Executive Director Dave Baldridge, along with senior author Mario Garrett and with Erin Williams, has published a new paper, “American Indians and Alaska Natives in Nursing Homes: Initial results from the 2008 Minimum Data Set,” in…
IA2 Receives Contract to Map American Indian Populations in Nursing Homes
April 23, 2012 The International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2) has signed a contract with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors for “Geographic Distribution of American Indian and Alaska Natives in Nursing Homes.” Using the Minimum Data Set, this project…
Baldridge Presents at 2012 AI/AN Long Term Services and Supports Conference
March 21, 2012 IA2 Executive Director Dave Baldridge spoke at a March 21 Hospice/Palliative Care workshop held as part of the 2012 AI/AN Long Term Services and Supports Conference in Denver, CO. He described his recent research into palliative care…
IA2 to Present on Indian End-of-Life Wishes at LTC Conference
Feb. 21, 2012 Dave Baldridge, Executive Director of the International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2) will present his paper, “End-of-Life Care at Four Sites” at the Long Term Services and Supports Conference, to be held March 21-23, 2012 in Denver,…