In this presentation, Jillene Joseph (Aaniiih), Executive Director for the Native Wellness Institute, shares practical self-care and healing strategies through the elements – fire, earth, air and water. […]
Keyword: dementia care
Using reminiscence therapy with Indigenous foods and music to support caregivers in redirecting relatives with dementia | February 22, 2024
In this presentation, Dr. Jordan P. Lewis (Aleut, Native Village of Naknek), Ph.D., MSW, Associate Director of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team and Professor at the University of Minnesota… […]
Palliative Care is Good Care | January 25, 2024
In this series of presentations, Dr. Tom Teasdale, Dr.P.H., Presidential Professor Emeritus Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma, discusses palliative care with a focus on indigenous… […]
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Dementia Behaviors and the Importance of Communication | January 4, 2024
In this series of presentations, Amber Hoon, LPN, Tribal Dementia Program Director for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council’s (GLITC) “Together Strong” Tribal Dementia Program, provides an introduction to dementia, the… […]
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Recognizing and Responding to Wandering Behaviors and Preparing for a Safe Home | November 30, 2023
In this series of presentations, Debra Miller, BSW, CSW, discusses wandering and safety in-the-home, how to recognize and respond to wandering behaviors in our aging loved ones, who also may… […]
Tribal Social Workers, CHRs, and CHWs Supporting Caregivers Experiencing Behavioral Changes in Loved Ones | October 26th 2023
In this series of presentations, Dr. Neil Henderson shares key information to help understand behavior changes with Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (ADRD). Then Shawnetta Yahtin, Medical Social Worker for the… […]
Dementia Stages & Stage-connected Care | September 28th 2023
Productive caregiving responses are optimized when the complexity of care matches the affected person’s ability to understand and perform. Are there stages of dementia? How many stages? How do you… […]
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Tips from the Trenches: A Care Partner’s Reflection on Resources that can Help Families Prepare for the Dementia Journey | July 13 2023
In this presentation, Allyson Schrier, Program Manager, UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, shares tips from the trenches as a care partner and shares resources she wishes the diagnosing doctor… […]
Care Management: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) | December 8, 2022
In this presentation Dr. Mark Pippenger teaches on how to recognize common behavioral and psychological symptoms in patients with ADRD (Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias), recognize the importance… […]
Tips from the Trenches: A Care Partner’s Reflection on Resources that can Help Families Prepare for the Dementia Journey | June 9 2022
In this presentation, Allyson Schrier, Program Manager, UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, shares tips from the trenches as a care partner and shares resources she wishes the diagnosing doctor… […]