TRAINING IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ELDERCARE CAMPAIGN: REPLICATION OF AN AMERICAN INDIAN HOME‐CARE TRAINING PROGRAM |
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| Authors: | Robert John Margot L Salvini Tracy L Dietz Ron Gittings Lonnie Roy |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Studies in Aging and Minority Aging Research Institute , University of North Texas , Denton Texas, USA;2. Minority Aging Research Institute , University of North Texas , Denton Texas, USA;3. Department of Sociology , Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College , Cloquet Minnesota, USA |
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| Abstract: | In 1991, the federal Administration on Aging initiated the National Eldercare Campaign to broaden the base of commitment and societal involvement to assist today's vulnerable elderly. With Administration on Aging funding, the project described in this study sought to enhance services to American Indian elders by training individuals as home‐care workers. The project replicated a previously developed American Indian paraprofessional home‐care worker curriculum at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota. This program, which is transferable to Indian and non‐Indian communities, addressed three contemporary aging issues. First, it addressed the need to incorporate diversity and minority aging knowledge into the curriculum of postsecondary education. Second, it provided more accessible and better quality community‐based in‐home care to meet the needs of frail elderly. Third, this training program confronted the pervasive lack of employment opportunities in many American Indian and other minority communities. |
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