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Self-Care and Healing through the Elements (Fire, Earth, Air and Water) | April 25, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #dementia care #elements #healing #self care
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.
Date added: 04/24/24
Using reminiscence therapy with Indigenous foods and music to support caregivers in redirecting relatives with dementia | February 22, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #dementia care #indigenous foods #music #reminiscence
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 Medical School, Duluth campus, first provides a background of Dementia, ...
Date added: 02/22/24
Palliative Care is Good Care | January 25, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #communication #dementia care #palliative care
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 elders living with dementia. Dr Teasdale, contrasts Palliative Care to ...
Date added: 01/25/24
Dementia Behaviors and the Importance of Communication | January 4, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #behaviors #caregiver training #communication #dementia care
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 types of common dementias, and some behaviors associated with the ...
Date added: 01/2/24
Recognizing and Responding to Wandering Behaviors and Preparing for a Safe Home | November 30, 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #dementia care #safe home #wandering
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 be living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia and prepare ...
Date added: 11/17/23
Depression Assessment Instruments
Type: Website
Audience: Clinical
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO Clinical Dementia ECHO Program Journey to Health ECHO Program
Keywords: #depression #mental health #screening tools
The American Psychological Association offers these instruments to help in the assessment of patients who may be experiencing depression.
Date added: 10/27/23
The MIND Diet
Type: Download Handouts
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO Clinical Dementia ECHO Program
Keywords: #dementia #nutrition #patient education #patient handouts
Handout detailing brain-healthy foods, examples, and recommended portion sizes. Also includes examples of foods to avoid.
Date added: 10/26/23
Tribal Social Workers, CHRs, and CHWs Supporting Caregivers Experiencing Behavioral Changes in Loved Ones | October 26th 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #chr #chw #dementia behavior changes #dementia care #Social Workers
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 Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, discusses the role of social ...
Date added: 10/26/23
Dementia Stages & Stage-connected Care | September 28th 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiver training #dementia care #dementia stages #staging dementia
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 define each stage of dementia? Why is it important to ...
Date added: 09/29/23
Recognizing Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia | August 24, 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #aging #alzheimer's #caregiver #cognitive impairment #dementia #elder #mci
In this presentation and discussion, Chandra K. Wilson, MSW (Modoc/Klamath/Yahooskin), Program Manager for the Northwest Tribal Elders Project and Indian Country ECHO lead faculty member at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, discusses normal and non-normal aging, mild cognitive ...
Date added: 08/23/23