The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. March 2021: Medical Discovery Team Awarded $7.5M to Improve Knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Understandings of Dementia Care ICARE Newsletters Carey Gleason (Co-I) and Megan Zuelsdorff (Co-I) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Oneida National Commission on Aging, and NAANDWECHIGE-GAMIG Wikwemikong Health Centre, M’Chigeeng Health Centre, and Mnaamodzawin Health Centre, Ontario. Kristen Jacklin (PI), Wayne Warry (Co-I), and Jordan Lewis (Co-I) have partnered with the Red Lake Nation and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Drs. Using ethnographic and community-based approaches the team will integrate the Indigenous lived experiences of ADRD in the creation of culturally appropriate and safe approaches to improve dementia diagnostics, care and outreach. This research is the second phase of ICARE and will address dementia disparities by examining how culture and community-specific context shape Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) illness experiences in Indigenous populations. ICARE was previously funded for two years to collect preliminary data (1R56AG062307-01).

The Memory Keepers-Medical Discovery Team (MK-MDT) has been awarded National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding through the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their grant entitled, “Indigenous Cultural Understandings of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias – Research and Engagement (I-CARE)” R01AG062307 for another five years (2021-2026). Indigenous Cultural Understandings of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias – Research and Engagement (ICARE)

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