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International Association for Indigenous Aging

Dementia risk greatest for older Native-Americans and African-Americans with diabetes

From Kaiser Permanente Dementia risk greatest for older Native-Americans and African-Americans with diabetes Dec. 11, 2013 In the first study to look at racial and ethnic differences in dementia risk among older adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers found that dementia was much higher among Native Americans and African-Americans and lowest among Asian-Americans. The study, ...

Baldridge Co-Authors Paper Examining Nursing Home Care Assumptions about AI/ANs

Aug. 8, 2012 IA2 Executive Director Dave Baldridge, along with senior author Mario Garrett and with Erin Williams, has published a new paper, “American Indians and Alaska Natives in Nursing Homes: Initial results from the 2008 Minimum Data Set,” in the current issue of the Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health (Vol. 10, ...

IA2 Issue Brief Focuses on American Indian Diabetes and Depression, Prepared for CDC’s Healthy Aging Program

Jan. 2, 2013 The International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2) announces that its fourth in a series of issue briefs on American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) topics impacting Indian elders has been posted today on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website for the Healthy Aging Program. IA2 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ...

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