Promising Practices Archives - International Association for Indigenous Aging

Promising Practice: Forward Momentum for Road Map for Indian Country Tribal Mini-Grantees

By: Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting; Mary Ann O'Meara, International Association for Indigenous Aging The National Indian Health Board, with support from the Alzheimer's Association, awarded five $15,000 brain health-focused mini-grants to tribal organizations to support work on the Road Map for Indian Country. Grantees picked one of the eight public health strategies from the Road ...

Promising Practice: A Recipe for Success in Arizona

By: Jolie Crowder, International Association for Indigenous Aging; Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Staff; and Lori Nisson, Banner Alzheimer's Institute When life is disrupted by crisis, as it was in 2020, some people see opportunities – for change, for action, for introspection – that they might not otherwise see. Because of the pandemic, we have ...

Promising Practice: Food Pathways as Medicine for Dementia in Tribal Communities

By: Mary Ann Frank, Mike Splaine, Jolie Crowder Denver Indian Health and Family Service, an Urban Indian Health Program, hosts the Spirit Within Project. The project offers workshops focused on traditional food and foodways and traditional and contemporary movement, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Denver program aims to improve ...

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