NADRC Webinar: Addressing Health Disparities in People Living With Dementia

The National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center will on July 31 host a web seminar in which dementia specialist Andrea Garr will provide an overview of the United Family Caregivers project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and insights from the project, reports the Administration for Community Living . Garr also will talk about best practices when working in cross-cultural environments with African American caregivers. Meanwhile, Rush University Professor Lisa Barnes will concentrate on disparities in Alzheimer's dementia and cognitive impairment as it relates to African Americans, discussing some of the most widely cited reasons for these disparities and detailing findings on risk factors for cognitive decline from the Minority Aging Research Study. Registrants can sign up for and learn more about the webinar here .