American Indians/Alaska natives and dementia

LL Jervis, SM Manson - Alzheimer Disease & Associated …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Although the Native elder population continues to expand, very little is known about how
dementia of any kind affects this group. This article reviews what is and is not known about …

Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias in us native americans: A major public health concern

U Sehar, J Kopel, PH Reddy - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Alzheimer's related dementias (ADRD) are growing public
health concerns in aged populations of all ethnic and racial groups. AD and ADRD are …

Caring for cognitively impaired American Indian elders: Difficult situations, few options

R John, CH Hennessy, LC Roy… - Ethnicity and …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Research on caregiving to older adults with cognitive impairments has demonstrated the
often profound demands and burdens of these helping activities on family caretakers …

Mental health disorders among an invisible minority: Depression and dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native elders

MD Garrett, D Baldridge, W Benson, J Crowder… - The …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract According to the 2010 Census, 5.2 million people identified themselves as
American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) in the United States. This was an increase of 39 …

Developing and testing outreach materials on Alzheimer's disease for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

KL Braun, JC Takamura, SM Forman… - The …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Compared to whites, minorities have similar rates of dementia but are less likely to use
services. Native language videos and brochures that incorporated culturally specific …

American Indians, cognitive assessment, and dementia

LL Jervis, CM Cullum, SM Manson - Ethnicity and the dementias, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Although many gaps in our knowledge remain, it has become increasingly clear that
dementia phenomenology and prevalence differs by ethnic/cultural group. In the United …

Ethnicity and dementia

DG Harwood, RL Ownby - Current psychiatry reports, 2000 - Springer
A large number of studies have examined both the epidemiology and neuropsychiatric
manifestations of dementia among older adults. However, there is a relative dearth of …

Dementia and American Indian populations

BJ Kramer - Ethnicity and Dementias, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The diversity among American Indians cannot be overstated. This population is composed of
approximately 500 federally recognized nations, tribes, bands, rancherias, and Alaskan …

Rates of dementia in three ethnoracial groups

BJ Gurland, DE Wilder, R Lantigua… - … journal of geriatric …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Background Rates of dementia may vary among ethnoracial groups. Any real and
substantial such difference would merit serious attention by health planners, clinicians and …

Ethnic minority perspectives on dementia, family caregiving, and interventions

P Dilworth-Anderson, BE Gibson - … : Journal of the American Society on …, 1999 - JSTOR
From mation the limited available infor-on mation available on Alzheimer's disease and
related dementias across ethnic minority groups, this paper describes the prevalence of …