Promising Practices Archives - International Association for Indigenous Aging

Promising Practice: Long-Term Services and Supports for Alzheimer’s and Dementia-related Illnesses

By: Mary Ann OMeara, MPH, Breana Dorame, International Association for Indigenous Aging; Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affect American Indian and Alaskan Native people at a high rate. According to the Healthy Brain Initiative's Roadmap for Indian Country, 1 in 9 people over 65 in America experience Alzheimer's or related dementia. This ...

Promising Practice: Traditional Food Culture in Tribal Communities Today

By: Mary Ann OMeara, MPH, Breana Dorame, International Association for Indigenous Aging; Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting For many American Indian tribal members, rural locations create a barrier to food access. According to a food access map from the Arizona Department of Health Services, there are only two grocery stores on the roughly 2,500 square mile reservation, where ...

Promising Practice: An Innovative Dementia Training for CHRs

Dr. Kerstin Reinschmidt and an Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) team created, Implementing the C3 Scope of Work in CHW Training Programs: An Innovative Dementia Training for CHWs with funding from HRSA. Tribal community health staff (and others) were tapped for feedback on the design and development of the training and have been active ...

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