# LONG-TERM CARE--SOCIAL NETWORKS AND AMERICAN INDIAN AGE

> **NIH NIH R01** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 1992 · $185,455

## Abstract

This four year study will compare patterns of informal support networks
among older urban, rural and reservation based American Indians;
2)examine the influence of the informal social network on the long-term
care sought and obtained by older Native Americans and 3) examine
determinants, including culturally related attitudes, preferences and
structural factors that enable or inhibit utilization of both informal
and formal long-term care among American Indians.

The research will involve American Indians in Michigan.  Research about
urban and rural non-reservation American Indians, as well as tribes
living east of the Mississippi, has been limited.  Building on recent
needs assessment and health risk projects, the research will interview
120 older Native Americans living in urban communities, 120 from rural
areas, and 120 from reservations.  Each respondent will be interviewed
twice, with the interviews separated by an 18 month interval.  These two
interviews will allow the assessment of changes in the informal social
network, long-term care assistance from network members and formal
assistance to meet long-term care needs.  Open ended probes will be used
extensively in the interviews to understand the expectations of
respondents about formal and informal long-term care.  In addition, focus
groups will be held after completion of the interviews and preliminary
analysis of the data.  Two focus groups will be held with older American
Indians from urban communities, two with rural and two with
reservation-based older American Indians.  Two focus groups will also be
held with, American Indian tribal leaders.  The focus groups will provide
an opportunity to explore and probe with older American Indians the
results of the surveys.  The focus groups with Michigan's tribal leaders
will also provide an opportunity to discuss possible future changes in
informal social networks,attitudes among older
Native Americans in urban, rural and reservation areas and the impact of
these changes on long-term care issues.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3123142
- **Project number:** 1R01AG011152-01
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** M6K6NTJ2MNE5
- **Principal Investigator:** ELIZABETH CHAPLESKI
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $185,455
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1992-09-30 → 1996-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3123142

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3123142, LONG-TERM CARE--SOCIAL NETWORKS AND AMERICAN INDIAN AGE (1R01AG011152-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3123142. Licensed CC0.

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