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NCBA provides an engaging infographic featuring strategies that may assist older adults in the management of mental health challenges.
On July 12, 2022, NYAM's Center for Healthy Aging hosted a panel discussion on how patients, providers, and payors can ensure an equitable telehealth landscape that is attuned to the strengths and needs of the 65+ population. As telemedicine becomes increasingly ubiquitous in the healthcare space, it is critical that health and digital equity remain front-and-center to ensure that the benefits of technology are afforded to diverse older adult populations.
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This COVID-19 vaccine resource page, operated by University of Minnesota, provides dozens of educational outreach materials (fact sheets, PSA videos, posters, social media post templates, etc.) in nearly 50 languages.
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The National Caucus and Center on Black Aging hosts an educational webinar for caregivers on how to navigate the complicated mental health needs of older adults
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As we approach the holiday season, we must still keep in mind that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. The National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA) has created an infographic to help older adults and their families practice safety measures.
This infographic includes thought-provoking information on the COVID-19 vaccine, traveling and shopping safety tips, and so much more.
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Both inside and outside the foster care system, American Indian and Alaska Native children are more likely to live in grandfamilies—families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children with no parents in the home—than any other racial or ethnic group.
Over the last few decades, drug epidemics, natural disasters and other tragedies have both created grandfamilies and challenged existing ones. The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis to have elevated the needs of these families, and in particular the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native families, who are being disproportionally impacted by the pandemic. The rates of infection and death are staggering. For example, as of early May 2020 in the Navajo Nation, the mortality and infection rates are higher than the vast majority of states.
This toolkit is designed to give resources and tips to child welfare agencies, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, so they can better serve all American Indian and Alaska Native grandfamilies regardless of child welfare involvement. It will explore some unique strengths and challenges of these grandfamilies, which agencies and organizations need to recognize in order to provide culturally appropriate supportive services.
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rican American children will live in grandfamilies is more than double that of the overall population, with one in five African American children living in grandfamilies at some point during their childhood.
agencies, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, so they can better serve all African American grandfamilies. It will explore some of the unique strengths and challenges of these grandfamilies, which agencies and organizations need to recognize in order to provide culturally appropriate supportive services.
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It became evident early in the coronavirus pandemic that older age is a risk factor for becoming severely ill with COVID-19. But the virus’s impact on older adults goes beyond a higher risk for serious infection: it also includes limited access to care for all health conditions, as well as considerable social and economic hardships.
Drawing on findings from a survey of more than 18,000 adults age 65 and older in 11 high-income countries, we show how COVID-19 has affected the economic security of older adults as well as their access to health care and supportive services for chronic conditions. We also highlight the state of vaccination for older adults during the first quarter of 2021.
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The purpose of Search. Find. Help. is to help organizational leaders and staff find resources they can use to support older adults and caregivers during public health emergencies. These resources include interventions, policies, programs, and strategies addressing social isolation, managing chronic conditions, elder abuse and neglect, caregiver support, delayed medical care, and emergency preparedness. Many of the resources included on this site are designed for public health emergencies; others have been adapted for or are applicable to outbreaks such as COVID-19 (for example, because they are available remotely).
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In partnership with Dr. Sheri Gibson, the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (NORC) published this free four-part series for three audiences (family members of individuals living in long-term care facilities, facility administrators, and direct care staff). In the series, Dr. Gibson provides training on the following topics: person-centered care, trauma-informed care, compassion fatigue, and anxiety and grief in the time of COVID-19. Each topic will include one webinar recording and slides for each audience.
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