Health care disparities cited as major contributing factor in likelihood of developing Alzheimer's

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked new conversations about health care disparities that certain communities face.



"Black Americans develop dementia - all the different varieties - more than twice as often as white Americans, and Latino Americans also develop dementia more often - about one and a half times the rate," explained Julia Pechlivanos, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Northwest Ohio.



Pechlivanos says this has to do with long-term health care disparities that exist with people of color or people who live in generational poverty. Two-thirds of people with Alzheimer's are women.



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