The Northwest Tribal Elders Project Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure
The Northwest Tribal Elders project fosters the Northwest tribes ensuring our tribal elders receive satisfactory health and wellness services and resources. We are currently funded on a cooperative agreement that focuses focus on capacity building, program and policy development, mobilizing partnerships, providing health education and promotion, and training and technical assistance to our member tribes in areas that will enhance community development and health equity.
CDC collaborated with tribal leaders across the nation to develop and implement the Healthy Brain Initiative and the Road Map for Indian Country (RMIC). This is a first-ever public health guide focused on dementia in AI/AN communities. NPAIHB is the first AI/AN CDC funded collaborative grant. The HBI/RMIC is a community engagement tool that can empower tribal communities to:
- Understand effects of dementia in tribal communities
- Understand and provide training and resources to caregivers and providers
- Identify prevention, early detection and preventive strategies for public health approaches
About
Goals
Topics
- Strengthen and foster the growth of dementia workforce at the tribal community-level
- Support Northwest Tribes to promote Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) risk reduction, early detection and caregivers support strategies
- Implement clinical and community-based prevention programs
- Provide training and technical assistance
- Provide ongoing education and awareness/learning opportunities for individuals needing care, caregivers, and clinical providers
- Training, tools and resources for caregivers
- Early detection assessment and screening tools
- Risk Reduction
- Support and Resources
- Elder Care resources
Contact
Chandra Wilson, MSW (The Klamath Tribes)
Wyatt Miner (Cheyenne River Sioux)
Resources
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Strategic Plan
Top 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimers
Links
BOLD Public Health Centers Excellence of Dementia
Areas of excellence: Risk Reduction, Early Detection, Dementia Caregiving
State Departments – NW Region
Idaho
Idaho Department of Health &Wellness – ADRD
Oregon
Oregon Health Authority Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC)
Phone: 1-855-673-2372
State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease and related Dementias – “SPADO”
State of Oregon: SUA – Family Caregiver Program
Family Caregiver Support Program
Washington
Director Healthy Aging Initiatives Center for Public Affairs
Tribal Affairs Administrator / Aging & Long-Term Support Administration
Phone: 360-725-3489
Dementia Action Collaborative | DSHS (wa.gov)
Colleges and Universities
Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging | Brain Institute | OHSU
Oregon Center for Aging & Technology (ORCATECH) | OHSU
Memory and Brain Wellness Center (washington.edu)
National Agencies
CDC Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Funding
CDC Road Map for Indian Country
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute – Native American Outreach Program
Administration for Community Living – Services for Native Americans (OAA Title VI)
International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2)
National Indian Council on Aging NICOA
National Indian Health Board – Brain Health for Tribal Nations
National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Savvy Caregiver in Indian Country Training – Dr. J. Neil Henderson (Choctaw of Oklahoma) Professor Emeritus, Dept of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health University of Minnesota Medical School
Dementia, Brain Health and Elder/Aging ECHO
Project ECHO Dementia UW Medicine – Memory & Brain Wellness Center
Project ECHO Oregon ECHO Network – Geriatric Care in an Age-Friendly Health System
Other Partners
TimeSlips Creative Storytelling
Funding source
THIS RESOURCE WAS PRODUCED AND SUPPORTED THROUGH FUNDING BY CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM GRANT #1NU58DP006923-11-00