18 April 2011

Ethnicity and Alzheimers

In class there was a little discussion on how ethnicity and race may play into the diagnosis of alzheimers, but nothing too concrete. This article I found discusses how racial and cultural differences can impact how individuals with early dementia are diagnosed. It looked into how varied bereavement across cultures is and analyzed the differences between the diagnoses in dementia between people of different races; emphasis was placed on African Americans, Latinos, Whites, and American Indians. Just some interesting information!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-07-13-alzheimersculture13_ST_N.htm
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4 comments:

  1. PollyB495April 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Thank you for sharing! This was a very interesting article. I think it's crazy that race plays a roll in Alzheimer's, but I guess this article made it make a lot of sense.

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  2. EmilyD495KApril 18, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    This article was very interesting. I searched for more data and research in regards to ethnicity and Alzheimer's and found this website to be helpful and the video on the site as well!

    http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2010/11/race-gender-and-alzheimers-disease.html

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  3. JessicaW495April 20, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    I think it's very interesting that African Americans and Latinos are less likely to end up in nursing homes, and less likely to die during the follow up study. I wonder if this is because they feel happier being at home with family and loved ones, rather than being taken care of by nurses at a home.
    I also think it's interetsing how long families wait to seek medical care after a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia. I can't believe it takes families years to seek help!
    I also wonder why African Americans and Latinos are more likely to develop AD than European Americans...

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  4. CynthiaL495May 4, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Thank you for posting this article, it was really fascinating to read about the existence of a great disparity between different races and the development of dementia.
    To Jessica, one theory why African American and Latinos are more likely to develop AD than European Americans is that they have more exposure to certain risk factors that can increase their risk for Alzheimer’s disease such as low education or medical condition that might increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AlzheimersQuestions/story?id=7389987

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