Rural Health Research Gateway

Leander "Russ" McDonald, PhD

Phone: 800.896.7628
E-mail: rmcdonald@medicine.nodak.edu

University of North Dakota

Completed Projects

Native Elder Care Needs Assessment: Development of a Long Term Care Planning Tool Kit
Research center: ORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Long term care, Minority health
A long term care planning tool kit will assist tribes with interpreting long term care data obtained through a national Native Elder Care Needs Assessment. It will also assist tribes in using the data to develop long term care infrastructure and comprehensive services that respond to local needs and services.

This web site includes content provided by and adapted from the Maine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine under a Cooperative Agreement with the University of North Dakota.