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Mitho-Pimatisiwin for the Elderly: The Strength of a Shared Caregiving Approach in Aboriginal Health

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bonitia Beatty
Arnette Weber-Beeds
Highlights the challenges involved in helping First Nations individuals transition into urban areas by using the example of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services. Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.
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Native American Elders Health Care Series

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gloria P. Craig
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, vol. 24, no. 3, May-June 2006, pp. 133-135
Examines a partnership designed to improve the health status of people in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. SCROLL to page 133 - 135 to view.
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Native Migration: In Search of the Missing Cohorts, American Indian and Alaska Native Migration and the Loss of Caregivers in Native Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. D. Garrett
D. Baldridge
K. Muus
T. Baker-Demaray
W. F. Benson
L. C. McGuire
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-18
Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.
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Nunivaat: Nunavik Statistics Program

Alternate Title
Nunivaat - The Nunavik Socio-economic Database
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition
Website gives access to tables using data on region/villages, indicators and years, as well as links to maps, publications and metadata explaining characteristics on program data.
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The Nutrition Program at Milikapiti

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raelene Mungatopi
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 11-12
Overview of program started for the elderly and young children who were not putting on weight.
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Ontario First Nations Aging Study: Overview & Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Walker
Kristen Jacklin
Melissa Andrew
Susan Bronskill
Janey Smylie ... [et al.]
Highlights findings from three sources of information: conversations about aging well with Anishinaabemowin language speakers and older Anishinaabeg from Manitoulin Island, First Nations Regional Health Survey, Phase 2, and health services data for all First Nations people with status and listed in the Indian Register with federal government.
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Paddling Together for Culturally Safe Emergency Care for Elders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leena Hasan
Janice Johnson
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 146-164

Addresses the reluctance of Nuu-chah-nulth elders to seek health care through a two day workshop between the Nuu-chah-nulth people and BC health care providers to brainstorm recommendations to improve emergency care. 

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Partnership, Production & Exchange of Knowledges

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mere Kepa
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 4, no. 2015, 2014, pp. 1-7
Looks at factors contributing to successful aging in the project, Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand.
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The Path of Creating Co-Researchers in the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Dieter
Lauren T. McKim
Jenna Tickell
Carrie A. Bourassa
Jaime Lavallee
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 1
Examines current best practices for providing culturally-safe health care services, and conducting health research with Indigenous communities, and discusses a community-based research project which explored community members’ knowledge of and experience with dementia.
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Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Final Report January 2014: Six Nations Community Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Barry
Melissa Blind
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 22 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
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Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Report for Manitoulin Island First Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica E. Pace
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
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Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Sudbury Community Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Melissa Blind
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 18 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
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Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Thunder Bay Community Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Devin Dietrich
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 30 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
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Policy Recommendations for Native Elders: Prepared for the National Congress of American Indians 2005 Mid-year Conference

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rick Ludtke
Leander McDonald
Brief discussion of recommendations from five policy papers generated from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders about disease prevention efforts, chronic disease management programs, availability of home/community-based long term care services, and availability of health care and other services.
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A Postcolonial Discourse Analysis of Community Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Supporting Urban Indigenous Older Adults to Age Well in Ottawa, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren A. Brooks-Cleator
Audrey R. Giles
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Section: Indigenizing Entrepreneurship , January 31, 2020
Research uses discourse analysis to discover the underlying attitudes and narratives around supporting urban Indigenous older adults to age well in the semi-structure interviews of six managers/directors and seven frontline service providers from Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and social service organizations in Ottawa
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Predictors of Falls in a Multiethnic Population of Older Rural Adults With Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sara A. Quandt
Jeanette M. Stafford
Ronny A. Bell
Shannon L. Smith
et al.
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 61, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 394-398
Discusses the increased risk of diabetic elderly falling in rural areas, as opposed to urban areas, due to outdoor dangers such as unpaved surfaces.
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Primary and Specialty Medical Care Among Ethnically Diverse, Older Rural Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The ELDER Diabetes Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronny A. Bell
Sara A Quandt
Thomas A. Arcury
Beverly M. Snively
Jeanette M. Stafford
et al.
The Journal of Rural Health, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 198-205
Study shows low utilization of specialty diabetes health care providers across ethnic groups in a rural setting, confirming the importance of primary care providers.
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Problems of the Aged

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Trudy Hayes
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 60-63
Identifies problems and prescribes solutions for aging Aboriginal Australians.
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Provision of Palliative and End-of-Life Care Services to Ontario First Nations Communities: An Environmental Scan of Ontario Health Care Provider Organizations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Holly Prince
Mary Lou Kelley
Kevin Brazil
Julie Darnay
Reports on data gathered from 27 survey participants and 17 interview participants in November 2011-April 2012. Findings arranged under three themes: region's awareness and knowledge of programs provided in First Nations communities; innovative palliative care practices; and barriers and strengths in delivery programs.
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Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
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Quality Management and Indigenous Aged Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen Thurecht
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, May/June 2002, pp. 16-17
Reports on the changes in Aged Care Legislation in Australia that led to the introduction of Quality Management System in federally funded senior residence facilities.
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Reconciling Inuit Elders' Long-Term Care Needs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C Mark Macneill
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2020, pp. 63-74

Looks at the lack of adequate health care for the Inuit elderly within their own communities and Canada's Inuit aging policies. 

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Relocating to a New or Pre-existing Social Housing Unit: Significant Health Improvements for Inuit Adults in Nunavik and Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Riva
Christopher Fletcher
Philippe Dufresne
Karine Perreault
Gina Muckle ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 21-30
Study collected baseline data and follow-up data on 102 participants 1-6 months before and 15–18 months after rehousing. Results: majority of participants reported lowered levels of psychological distress, lowered levels of daily stress, and lowered levels of asthmatic symptoms.
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