DISPARITIES IN CARE
Dementia is particuarly common in older African Americans. Yet those patients are less likely to receive a timely diagnosis.
BY JOCELYN SOLIS-MOREIRA
DECODING THE DIAGNOSIS
THE U.S. HAS a history of racial disparities in health care, and dementia is no exception. Research suggests that Black patients are 35 percent less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) in their first medical...
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