TODAY WE ARE FOCUSED ON HOW DEMENTIA IS IMPACTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AGE-SPECIFIC PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IS 14% TO 100% HIGHER IN AFRICAN AMERICANS. ACCORDING TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION, OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE DEMENTIA THAN OLDER WHITE AMERICANS.
How Dementia is Impacting Black America…
The Not Old Better Show, Black History Month Series