December 21, 2019

North Dakota agency helps Native elders – one data set at a time

Author: Joe Bowen / Forum News Service

GRAND FORKS -- How do you care for American Indian elders? How might their needs be different than those of other Native communities or the general population? How might they be the same?
Questions like those produced the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, a Grand Forks-based agency that works to help tribes across the United States care for their elders, who often hold a place of high cultural regard. Current and former resource center staff celebrated its 25th anniversary at a