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Resource – Ideas for Tribal Public Health Approaches to Address Dementia

This tool was created to help tribal elder service programs identify public health promotion and prevention actions they can take in their communities to address dementia and Alzheimer's. It is based on strategies from the essential services for public health "wheel". Click here to download the resource: Dementia Strategies and Actions for Tribal Communities Created ...

Research – Public Health Policy Recommendations for Unpaid Dementia Caregiving

In the United States, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are now a common occurrence with more than 6 million people having been diagnosed with dementia. Consequently, the U.S. long-term care system tends to rely heavily on informal caregiving. According to the Alzheimer’s Association (2021), 11 million family members, friends, acquaintances, or other individuals offer …

Research – American Indian and Alaska Native People Top Other Races for 3 Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Among Adults Aged ≥45 Years — 31 States and the District of Columbia, 2019. The report looked at the status of eight potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia among ...

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