Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2004

Journal/Book/Conference Title

African American Research Perspectives

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

141

Last Page

152

Comments

Originally published at http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/prba/perspectives/springsummer2004/coogle.pdf in African American Research Perspectives from the Program for Research on Black Americans. Posted by permission of the author.

Date of Submission

November 2014

Abstract

For more than a decade attention has been focused on Alzheimer’s family caregivers in African American communities. The Fourth Report of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer’s Disease to the U. S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calls for “…public education and outreach efforts specifically targeted to ethnic elders and their families and communities through the development and dissemination of culturally relevant materials emphasizing both the established facts about [Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders] and the efficacy of seeking treatment.” (Advisory Panel on Alzheimer’s Disease, 1993, p. 50). While federal financing and state initiatives have addressed some of the inequities, minority family caregivers remain underserved.

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