{"id":38277,"date":"2024-07-10T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=38277"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:04:32","slug":"native-america-calling-tracking-and-addressing-elder-cognitive-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/10\/native-america-calling-tracking-and-addressing-elder-cognitive-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tracking and addressing elder cognitive decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, July 10, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Tracking and addressing elder cognitive decline <\/div>\r\nMore than half of Native American elders from rural areas have some sort of cognitive impairment, a condition that ranges from mild memory loss all the way to dementia.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n That\u2019s the conclusion of a new, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38747387\/\">first-of-its-kind research by The Strong Heart Study<\/a> over seven years. It <a href=\"https:\/\/strongheartstudy.org\">focused on members of 11 tribes<\/a> and included cognitive testing, neurological examinations and brain imaging. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/news\/2021\/nhlbis-strong-heart-study-and-american-indian-communities-team-fight-covid-19\">study points to high rates<\/a> of vascular disease, diabetes and traumatic brain injury in Native populations as contributors. Join Native America Calling to hear about the study, advice for preventing and diagnosing cognitive impairments and programs aimed at helping elders experiencing symptoms.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/10\/native-america-calling-tracking-and-addressing-elder-cognitive-decline\/thestrongheartstudy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"38282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/10\/native-america-calling-tracking-and-addressing-elder-cognitive-decline\/thestrongheartstudy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10\/TheStrongHeartStudy-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"The Strong Heart Study\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Strong Heart Study&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Strong Heart Study. Photo courtesy National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute \/ National Institutes of Health&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10\/TheStrongHeartStudy-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10\/TheStrongHeartStudy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Strong Heart Study\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-38282\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"><\/figcaption>A  tribal member gets ready to receive a COVID-19 vaccine from   staff worker with The Strong Heart Study. Photo courtesy National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute \/ National Institutes of Health[\/caption]\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ireach.wsu.edu\/people\/lonnie-nelson\/\">Dr. Lonnie Nelson<\/a> (descendant of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), clinical psychologist and researcher\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iasquared.org\/who-we-are\/board\/dave-baldridge\/\">David Baldridge<\/a> (Cherokee), co-founder and senior advisor of the International Association for Indigenous Aging\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iasquared.org\/who-we-are\/staff\/breana-dorame\/\">Breana Dorame<\/a> (Gabrielino Tongva), tribal public health and senior associate with the <a href=\"https:\/\/iasquared.org\/\">International Association for Indigenous Aging<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than half of Native elders from rural areas have some sort of cognitive impairment, a condition that ranges from mild memory loss all the way to dementia.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[5083,4660,128,5082,243,133,134],"class_list":["post-38277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-national","tag-breana-dorame","tag-david-baldridge","tag-elders","tag-lonnie-nelson","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10\/TheStrongHeartStudy-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9Xn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38277"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38344,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38277\/revisions\/38344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}