Supporting Caregivers in Ethnically Diverse Communities: Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease
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According to the Alzheimer’s Association, approximately 5.1 million people, or one out of eight people over the age of 65, currently have Alzheimer’s disease (AD). By the year 2030, the number of Americans with this progressive neurologic disorder will reach nearly 7.7 million, and by 2050, between 11 and 16 million.1 The risk of AD is significantly elevated in the African-American and Hispanic populations. Prevalence rates of all types of dementia, including AD, are higher in these groups as compared with non-Hispanic white individuals.2 African-American and Hispanic-American persons have
