Monday, May 11, 2026 – What’s in the near future for urban elder health care?

A dedicated effort to learn more about Native elders living in urban areas reveals they suffer a high rate of chronic illnesses and have limited social interactions. Those conclusions come from the most recent Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey that aims to fill a void of information about the needs of Native American elders — the vast majority of whom live in cities. The survey is among the efforts to better understand and provide effective services for Native elders. The effort is all the more pressing as federal cuts to Medicaid and Medicare approach, costs for medical care rise, and pressure increases to cut support for the Indian Health Service. GUESTS Dr. Collette Adamson (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), director of the National Resource Center on Native American Aging and research assistant professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota Michael Bird (Kewa Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh), past president of the American Public Health Association and past national consultant for AARP Dr. Emily Haozous (Fort Sill Chiricahua-Warm Springs Apache Tribe), research scientist for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Break 1 Music : Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album) Break 2 Music : Fearless I Live (song) Courtney Yellow Fat (artist) The Lost Songs of Sitting Bull (album)

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Monday, May 11, 2026 – What’s in the near future for urban elder health care? is an episode from Native America Calling by Koahnic.

This episode is 56:30 long.

This episode was published on May 11, 2026.

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