Ethnogeriatric Assessment Domains: Client Background
(See Cohort Analysis in previous section)
World view, life experience, and current status are affected by:
- Geographic location of birth (on-reservation, off-reservation, urban)
- Childhood experience
- Boarding school experience
- Tribal affiliation
- Exposure to traditional Indian beliefs and practices
- Level of acculturation
- Inter-Tribal marriages
- Military service
- Specific land issues of Tribe/Nation with US Government
- Treaty issues
- Status of health care benefits (IHS, Tribal contract/compact, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO)
