NATIVE ELDER CAREGIVER CURRICULUMNECC: 3.1HEALTH PROMOTION
Caring for Our Elders: Health Promotion for Native Elders & Family Caregivers 3.1
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Health Promotion
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Let’s “revisit” Health Disparities Two ways to think about Health
Disparities 1. More American Indian Elders get sick
from certain illnesses (this is true)OR
2. Risks for certain illnesses can be decreased (this is also true)
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Both statements are true… but…is the glass “half-empty”? or “half-full”?
Which one does a community choose to live by: To improve health
outcomes? To prevent illnesses? To change health behaviors?
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“Serenity Prayer” “… change the things I can”
“Being Older” does not mean “Being Sick” !
“Being Older” does mean: Enjoying friends & family Guiding grandchildren Enriching the community Growing in wisdom
Health Promotion: Really pays off!
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Maintaining Health pays off! … Better than Bingo!
Some very “basic” healthy “day to day” behaviors can:
PREVENT disabilityMaximize IADL & ADL functioningMinimize need for nursing home careMaximize chances of staying in own
home
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RECIPE FOR HEALTH for Elders & Family Caregivers:
Healthy Nutrition Regular Exercise Adequate Rest Family & Friends
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… and time for the spirit…
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Making time for the spirit…
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010**CDC goals
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“… individuals, communities, and professionals – indeed all of us –need to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life are enjoyed by all”.
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Five good “self-care medicines”: Healthy Nutrition Regular exercise Adequate Rest Family & Friends Spirituality
Health Promotion:Four types of Exercise*
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AerobicsStrengtheningFlexibilityBalance
* “NAMES” Toolkit, (McDonald, 2005)
* “Well Elders Living Longer”, (NRCNAA 2006)
Health Promotion: Exercise
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AEROBIC Walking Swimming Biking Pow-wow
dancing Running after
grandchildren!
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Health Promotion: Exercise
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Strengthening Lifting small weights on a regular basis Can use different sized cans of soup or
vegetables as the “weights”… from the cupboard!
Flexibility Stretching to neck, shoulders, back,
stomach, hip Balance
Thinking about & maintaining posture
A “Model” of Health Promotion
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Mr. Vernon Lambert, a Dakota elder, is over 70 years of age and runs several miles a day.
Vern also teaches and mentors students in Dakota studies at Cankdeska Cikana College
Exercise Recommendations
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Wear well-fitting shoes & Comfortable clothing
Check-in with health care provider first
Bring along a source of “sugar” if you have diabetes
Build up slowly… and Bring along a friend!
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