Promising Practice Archives - Page 4 of 7 - International Association for Indigenous Aging

Community Voices Healthy Brain Blog – Community Educator Supports Native American Caregivers

January 26, 2022 Valerie Tsosie, Navajo, is a community educator with the New Mexico Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. She leads the So’Tsoh Foundation, an organization that aims to create pathways to better health by offering innovative solutions for Diné caregivers. In partnership with the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), a long-standing organization focused on the ...

Promising Practice: Increasing Dementia Knowledge and Skills in Tribal Primary Care and Public Health Nursing

When Josea Kramer, Ph.D., began working at the Veterans Health Administration (VA), she asked, “How can the VA and the Indian Health Service (IHS) work together to improve care for elders?” After the VA and IHS agreed to share certain resources, such as education, that answer became clear. As the Associate Director for Education/Evaluation of ...

Community Voices Healthy Brain Blog – Jordan P. Lewis, Ph.D – Memory Keepers

Community Voices: By: Jordan P. Lewis, Ph.D., Faculty Investigator American Indian and Alaska Native people are growing older and living longer, which means we are also seeing an increase in the number of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. This growth also results in more family members setting into the role of a caregiver, ...

Newsletter Navigation