By: Jordan P. Lewis, Ph.D., Faculty Investigator American Indian and Alaska Native people are growing older and living longer, which means we are also seeing an increase in the number of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. This growth also results in more family members setting into the role of a caregiver, which they ...

This article is a reprint of an article running in the winter edition of the Administration for Community Living Title VI newsletter. By: Jolie Crowder, PhD, MSN, RN, CCM International Association For Indigenous Aging The last ten days, I had a front-row seat to dementia caregiving when my husband’s mother came to stay with us as ...

My name is Lorraine Wildcat. I am Ojibwe from Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin. I am my mother’s caregiver. My father passed on Dec 2, 2021, from heart problems and Covid. His doctor told us that my dad would have died with or without COVID because he had given him only 6 months to live. My ...