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Research – The Association of Cultural Participation and Social Engagement With Self-Reported Diagnosis of Memory Problems Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders

Collette Adamsen, PhD, Spero M. Manson, PhD, Luohua Jiang, PhD First Published June 24, 2021 This study examines the association of cultural participation and social engagement with self-reported diagnosis of memory problems among older American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). Compared to older AI/ANs who reported high cultural participation and/or high social engagement, those characterized ...

Research: Community-Based Respite Care: Training Caregivers and Family to Provide in-home Care for Indigenous Older Adults Living with Dementia

This article describes the process and findings from a Canadian community-based effort to increase caregivers’ access to dementia related supports through the creation and distribution of a respite care toolkit. The goal of the toolkit is to build capacity for community-based respite care by creating an opportunity for education, training, and increasing awareness in Indigenous ...

Webinar – Dementia ECHO – Why is Dementia Diagnosis Important?

In this presentation, Dr. Blythe Winchester provides a clinical perspective on the disease state of dementia and why providing patients with a diagnosis is important. In this presentation, Dr. Winchester outlines what dementia is and how to correctly identify the signs of dementia. Dr. Winchester also talks about early detection data and how dementia differs ...

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