Risk Reduction Archives - International Association for Indigenous Aging

NEW Infographic – Help Reduce Your Risks of Dementia

Making Good Life Choices Helps Protect Brain Health IA² has adapted The Lancet Risk factors for dementia infographic and created a version culturally tailored towards American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The process of creating this infographic included talking circles with tribal community members, Dementia Friends & Champions, the University of Nevada, Reno Dementia Engagement, ...

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 ...

Resource – Dementia Risk Reduction Flyers

The International Association for Indigenous Aging has revised and updated a two-page flyer about dementia risk reduction, intended for American Indian and Alaska Native nations and tribal serving organizations to use. Designed by and for indigenous people, this flyer is part of our Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain initiative, which was created to raise awareness among tribal ...

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