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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
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
Cultural Assessments Tools and Tribal Specific Ways | July 27 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #biomedical #caregiver #cognitive impairment #cultural #naturalistic #personalistic
In this presentation and discussion, Dr. Neil Henderson (Oklahoma Choctaw), PhD, Indian Country ECHO lead faculty member and Professor Emeritus of Medical Anthropology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus, discusses cultural assessment tools. He shares ways to ...
Date added: 07/28/23
The Dynamic Web of Dementia Caregiving: Beyond the Tasks | June 22, 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Community
Program: Dementia Caregiver Support ECHO
Keywords: #caregiving experience #dementia
In this presentation and discussion, Dr. Neil Henderson (Oklahoma Choctaw), PhD, Indian Country ECHO lead faculty member and Professor Emeritus of Medical Anthropology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus, discusses the experience of caregiving. He shares the ...
Date added: 06/14/23