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International Association for Indigenous Aging

IA2 Published in Gerontologist’s WHCoA Edition – Mental Health Disorders Among an Invisible Minority

IA2 staff in conjunction with lead author Dr. Mario Garrett, co-authored an article as part of a special issue of The Gerontologist devoted to the White House Conference on Aging. Click to access full text online. Click to access full pdf of article. Mental Health Disorders Among an Invisible Minority: Depression and Dementia Among American Indian and Alaska ...

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, ...

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