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The Power of Intergenerational Connection

This is an original story from Generation American Society on Aging By Maurya Cockrell October 19, 2022 Abstract: Individuals can experience loss and grief at any age in life, and a loss can transcend generations to come. The power of intergenerational connections can transform how individuals, communities, and institutions approach death, dying, and grief. Connecting ...

November Update Dementia Friends for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

IA2 hosted a Dementia Friends Information Session for American Indian and Alaska Native communities on November 29th, and we had 44 participants! We look forward to our next Information Sessions and Champion’s Trainings to be held early next year. IA2 has been working with Tribal Talking Circles to create an updated version of the Information Session Workbook ...

IA²’s Department of Justice Dementia Wandering Project at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Roundtable Conference

This project was an awarded grant for the Department of Justice. The purpose of this project is to prevent wandering among tribal elders living with Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia (ADRD), develop a robust wandering search and rescue support strategy in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) reservation, and create a replication guide ...

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