My name is Lorraine Wildcat. I am Ojibwe from Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin. I am my mother’s caregiver. My father passed on Dec 2, 2021, from heart problems and Covid. His doctor told us that my dad would have died with or without COVID because he had given him only 6 months to live. My ...

By: Talyah Sands, MPH, Director of Health Improvement, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Current rates of dementia, the caregiving and support required to address it, and projections of what dementia could look like in the future are staggering. The challenge to improve equitable outcomes for dementia can feel overwhelming and frustrating at ...