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
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.
Is Part Of
Virginia Center on Aging Publications
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.