Native Aging Fact Sheets Archive

Fact sheets include analysis of the national data from the Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders to report the trends and offer recommendations.

• NRCNAA: Supporting Those Who Stand in the Gap for Native Elders
  Date: 04/2019
  Native service providers say the National Resource Center on Native American Aging helps them secure resources, guides their interventions, and fosters collaboration.
• Health Care Coverage by Age for American Indian/Alaska Native Elders
  Date: 11/2015
  The National Resource Center on Native American Aging has released a fact sheet using nationwide data from "Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders." Includes information on healthcare coverage sorted by age among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.
• Oral Health in Native American Elderly
  Date: 08/2014
  The National Resource Center on Native American Aging has released a fact sheet using nationwide data from "Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders." Includes information on dental work needed and overall oral health indicators.
• Elder Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
  Date: 05/2013
  This fact sheet summarizes the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native elders that would utilize elder programs that could assist in preventing elder abuse. In addition, the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native elders that would take advantage of caregiver, financial assistance, legal assistance, personal care, and transportation programs if they were offered by their respective tribes.
• Fall Incidents and Native American Elderly
  Date: 03/2012
  Presents the results of Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders that was conducted between 2008 and 2011, by tribal members for over 300 American Indian tribes, Alaskan villages, and Hawaiian homesteads throughout Indian Country.
• Congestive Heart Failure
  Date: 02/2010
  The study examined congestive health failure among American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Covers the prevalence of CHF among American Indian/Alaska Native elders, assessing gender and age patterns of CHF prevalence, determining other disorder that are commonly found among American Indian/Alaska Native elders with CHF, and examining the relationship between CHF, physical activity, and body mass index.
• Hypertension in American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
  Date: 08/2008
  Outlines the prevalence of hypertension among the American Indian and Alaska Native population as identified through studies. Uses text and graphs to display information by age, gender, and disease.
• Nutritional Risks Among Native American Elders
  Date: 04/2005
  Discusses nutritional risks of Native American elders. Includes information on social and chronic disease factors that relate to nutritional risk.
• Functional Limitations and the Future Needs for Long Term Care
  Date: 04/2002
  Examines functional limitations among Native American elders using data collected across the nation.
• Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Rural Native American Elders
  Date: 01/2001
  Study of the incidence and outcomes of motor vehicle crashes involving rural, elderly Native Americans, based on analysis of North Dakota ambulance runs data.