Social Aspects of Aging in Indigenous Communities Format: Hardback

The chapters in this book describe the current situation and changes that affect the health and well-being of different Indigenous populations around the world. They also highlight the adaptations and strengths of older people as they find ways to meet current challenges in their lives.

Jordan P. Lewis, Aleut, Native Village of Naknek, is the Associate Director of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team and Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. He received his MSW from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD in Cross Cultural Community Psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His expertise is in Indigenous successful aging, generativity and healthy aging, and cultural constructions of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. He developed the concept of Indigenous cultural generativity, and the role of cultural practices and generativity in dementia caregiver health and wellbeing.

Tuula Heinonen, Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, holds an MSW from McGill University, a DPhil from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and an Advanced Diploma in Art Therapy from Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Her scholarly interests include arts-based methods in teaching, research and writing, international social work, aging of women across different cultural contexts and social work in the health field. She has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles and books and continues to teach, supervise graduate students and write since her retirement from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2018.