WELL-Balanced (Wise Elders Living Longer)
A health promotion program targeting Native elders with diabetes, arthritis, and hypertension as well as community based elders that have an interest in gaining knowledge and skills to reduce their risk of falling. The project is currently being pilot tested at several locations. It will be available for general distribution Fall 2010.
Native Elder Caregiver Curriculum
American Indian elders are valued members of their communities and they prefer to remain in their own home and community setting as they age. This “elder caregiver” curriculum is a tool to assist family and community members as well as CHRs who have the responsibility of caring for the elders in our rural communities. The course can be offered over 3 days, or divided into smaller segments to meet individual requirements.
Native Service Locator Project
Lists all tribal elderly services available in the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. This is an ongoing project that was updated in 2010. There is an interactive map along with contact information for each site.
Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders
Assists tribes, villages, and homelands in creating a record of the health and social needs of their elders. This can help tribes with data needed for their Title VI nutrition and caregiving grants awarded from the Administration on Aging (AoA) and can also help with tribal planning, long-term care discussions, and grant-writing.
Native American Map for Elder Services (NAMES):
A Long Term Care Planning Tool Kit
A tool kit that fully describes the spectrum of long term care. NAMES was developed to assist American Indian and Alaskan Native groups with planning, developing, and implementing long term care services for their elderly within their communities. (Developed in 2002).
