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Preventing Elder Abuse in Akwesasne Territory

Learn about the initiatives and actions taken by the Akwesasne Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team to prevent elder abuse in the unique community of Akwesasne. Discover resources, support services, and upcoming events related to elder abuse prevention.

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Preventing Elder Abuse in Akwesasne Territory

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  1. Elder Abuse in Akwesasne Territory Helen Gray Elder Abuse Prevention/Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Office For the Aging

  2. Akwesasne Mohawk Territory • Akwesasne (Land Where the Partridge Drum) • 80 miles northeast of Lake Ontario; 60 miles southwest of Montreal, Quebec • Mohawk Kanienkehaka Nation is part of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy • Known for basketry weaved with Black Ash splints and Sweetgrass

  3. Minneapolis Institute of Art Mary Kawennatakie Adams Akwesasne Mohawk, Wolf clan, 1917-1999 Basket, 1985 Sweetgrass Mary Adams learned to make baskets from her mother and grandmother. Adams made baskets all her life, and in 1980 she was chosen to produce a basket for Pope John Pall II in honor of the beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk). This particular basket design came to her in a dream. It has 150 miniature baskets woven onto the form of a large basket.

  4. Fragmented or duplicated services? • Divided by 9 jurisdictions: • United States • Canada • Ontario • Quebec • Franklin • St. Lawrence • Tsi Snaihne • Kanatakon • Kawenoke

  5. National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative Innovation: Elder Maltreatment Survey Purpose - Awareness, elder abuse policy development, and infrastructure building for reporting, investigation, and intervention for indigenous elders. Participation - Confidential & voluntary. Surveys topics include: demographics, cultural identification, experiences and/or observations of elder maltreatment and elder abuse, & general past life experiences. Duration of survey -Participation may take approximately 30-60 minutes Participants - (AI, AN, NH) 50 years +

  6. How are we preventing it? • Baseline Data • Native Elder Maltreatment Survey • October 2017 to January 2018 • Entire territory of Akwesasne

  7. Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team • A team of professionals representing their agencies bound by the common purpose of addressing the safety and wellbeing of elders within our unique community. • Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe – Tribal Police, Adult Protective Services, Office for the Aging, Chronic Care Nursing Department Outreach Chronic Care Nursing Department, Victim Services • Mohawk Council of Akwesasne – Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, Akwesasne Mohawk Ambulance, Tsiionkwanonhsothe, Home Care Home Support, Victim Services • Hogansburg Volunteer Firefighter • Monthly meetings • Brief review of previous month, topics for the month, case review, other action items, and date of next meeting. Minutes are audio recorded, documented, and emailed to all MDT members. • Case reviews are old closed cases that are discussed by all agencies to see what could have been done differently. This is vital for agencies to learn more about each other and how to collaborate easier.

  8. Financial Exploitation Healthcare Sexual Abuse Physical Abuse Caregivers Family Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Elder Victim Spiritual Abuse Neglect Elder Victim Community Legal Emotional Abuse Self-Neglect Senior Services Abandonment

  9. Outreach • Teal to Heal 5K (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) April 28th • World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15th • Seniorama August 12th • Senior Picnic August 16th

  10. Senior Picnic – August 17, 2018 Funded by: NIEJI Senior Picnic

  11. Kawenni:ios

  12. Ways to Love Our Elders Funded by: NIEJI - 2018

  13. Education • Financial Exploitation • Elder Abuse 101 • Zero Tolerance Campaign • Awareness • It’s Not Right (Elder Abuse Ontario) • Fraud of the Day

  14. Case Management • Everything Remains Confidential • Registration forms • Progress notes • Referrals

  15. Future Goals • Enhanced Training to End Abuse in Later Life $400,000 grant for 4 years • Having a fully funded program that helps the victims of elder abuse regain their dignity and respect to continue living healthy, long lives. • Electronic referral system • Tribal Elder Abuse Code • Elder Offender Registry

  16. Zero Tolerance for Elder Abuse Funded by: EAEOP - 2019

  17. Help keep out Totas safe

  18. Questions? SRMT Office for the Aging 29 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way Akwesasne, NY 13655 Helen Gray Elder Abuse Prevention Coordinator Phone: (518)358-2963 ext. 3312 Fax: (518)358-3071

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