KUMIK
KUMIK is an abbreviation of the Algonquin expression Kiche Anishnabe Kumik, which means Elders' Lodge. KUMIK is the Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada Elders' Council.
Adapted from: ahrdcc.com
Reaching Out
Reaching Out is a publication available on the Public Health Agency of Canada website, on the topic of services targeting Aboriginal elders.
It also provices resources to non-native agencies that also serve this clientele.
Adapted from: phac-aspc.gc.ca
Active Living and Older Aboriginal People
On the International Year of Older Persons' site, National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization includes links to a training kit titled: "Diabetes and Ageing in Aboriginal Communities" promoting an active lifestyle to prevent disease.
Adapted from: phac-aspc.gc.ca
First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey
This survey, available in English only on the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) site, looks at demographic trends among the population, indicating the consequences of the increasing number of seniors.
Adapted from (pdf): www.naho.ca
Falls and the Elderly
The National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representaitves Organization (NIICHRO) Internet site includes an article by Lylee Williams about the importance of exercise in preventing falls among elderly people.
Adapted from: niichro.com
Philomène McKenzie
Philomène McKenzie is an Innu of seventy years old. She is nostalgic about the times when elders were still respected. Today, respect is lost. She thinks that old people lost their memory faster.
Philomène makes snowshoes and moccasins. She regularly visits her family living outside of the community. He grand-daughter Annie, who lives in Montreal, would like to return in the community to take care of her grandmother.
Micheline Jérôme
Micheline Jérôme is an Innu who took care of her parents for several long years. This experience encouraged her to take care of elders. For ten years now, she is working as a reception centre attendant for the Tshishennuat Home in Maliotenam.
This institution is a shelter for five or ten patients who are well treated and fulfilled in their daily life thanks to people like Micheline Jérôme.
