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Veterans Administration (1989). 80 Do's & 58 Don'ts for Your Safety: A Practical Guide for Eldercare. LIfespan Planning B. Hope Cottages Inc. Anchorage, AK, Hope Cottages Inc: 201-219.

Virginia Commonwealth University - Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Workplace Supports (2003). Online Course: The Americans with Disabilities Act & Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace.

Virginia Geriatric Education Center - Department of Gerontology - Virginia Commonwealth University (2003). AGHE Grantsmanship Institute.

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Wagenfeld, M. O. (2002). General Models for Delivering Mental Health Services to the Seriously Mentally Ill in Frontier Areas (No. 8). Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network. C. M. Harding. 2002.

Walker, E. (2002). The Health Concerns of Native Elders before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services. 2002.
Walker, E. (2002).PDF

Waugh, D. (2003). Bullets and Booze! 11th Annual Care of the Elderly Conference, Sitka, Alaska.

Waugh, D. (2003). Streamlining Documentation. 11th Annual Care of the Elderly Conference, Sitka, Alaska.

Waugh, D. (2003). Losin' and Lovin' It. 11th Annual Care of the Elderly Conference, Sitka, Alaska.

Wellness Reproductions & Publishing LLC (2003). Older Adult Mental Health & Wellness Resources for use by Caring Professionals. Plainview, NY, Wellness Reproductions & Publishing, LLC.

Werner, J. and A. Hoffman (1986). Understanding the Nature of Elderly Client Coping: Implications for Home Care Practice. Seattle, WA, University of Washington - Department of Community Health Care Systems: 55.

Willeto, A. A. A. (2002). Native American Kids 2002: Indian Children's Well-Being Indicators Data Book For 13 States. Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University: 120.

This report presents a literature review of 10 well-being indicators for American Indian/Alaska Native children, which focuses on regional and state empirical studies. Various governmental data sets and data acquisition tools are discussed. The study utilizes the 2002 KIDS COUNT Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2002) as the model and aims to reduce the gap in well-being indicators for Native American children. 

This report produces the American Indian/Alaska Native rates and percentages for 10 well-being indicators nationally and for 13 selected states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin). The indicators are low birth-weight, teen births, infant mortality, child deaths, teen deaths by accident, homicide and suicide, teens who are high school dropouts, teens who are not attending school and not working, children in poverty, children living with mothers who are not employed, and families with children headed by a single parent. 

This indicator information varies in ease of accessibility, often requiring creative solutions when data barriers are confronted. American Indian/Alaska Native information was readily available in published reports for only one indicator (infant mortality rates). In comparison, KIDS COUNT data books report readily accessible data on six indicators. At the national level, Native American children and youth are comparatively worse in 9 of the 10 well-being indicators. 

Only one Native American/Alaska Native rates in the 13 states demonstrate significant variability; in a few cases, these American Indian/Alaska Native rates are better then their within-state non-Native peers, but in most cases, they are significantly worse.  The report concludes with empirically-based recommendations for addressing the well-being of Native American children and youth.

WHCOA-05-Resolutions, Discusses topics like planning along the Lifespan, Workplace of future, community, health and long term living, civic and social engagement, technology and innovation in marketplace, and cross cutting.
WHCOA-05-Resolutions.PDF

Williams, C. G., T. D. Noe, et al. Disease Management and Prevention. Putting Prevention into Practice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2002.

Wilner, M. A. (2000). Toward a Stable and Experienced Caregiving Workforce. Generations: 6.

Wilner, M. A. and A. Wyatt (1998). Paraprofessionals on the Front Lines: Improving their Jobs Improving the Quality of Long-term Care. AARP Long-Term Care Initiative.

Worcester, M. I. (1986). Family Coping: Giving Care to Older Family Members. Seattle, WA, University of Washington: 69.

WorkforceStategies3, The Role of Training in Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Direct-Care Workers in Long-Term Care Workforce Strategies3.PDF

Wyngaarden Krauss, M. and M. Erickson (1988). Informal Support Networks Among Aging Persons With Mental Retardation: A Pilot Study. Lifespan Planning A. 26: 197-201.

Wyngaarden Krauss, M. and M. Mailick Seltzer (1987). The Social Networks of Adults with Mental Retardation: Extensiveness, Independence, and Receprocity. Lifespan Planning A. Chicago, Illinois, Heller School, Brandeis University and Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center; Waisman Center and School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin: 16.

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Yang, R. (2003). Prevention of Constipation and Other Bowel Problems. 11th Annual Care of the Elderly Conference, Sitka, Alaska.

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Zelarney, P. T. and J. A. Ciarlo (2002). Defining and Describing Frontier Areas in the United States: An Update. Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network. 2002.

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