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The Alzheimer’s Crisis in Indian Country

The Alzheimer’s Crisis in Indian Country

by External Article | Mar 2, 2023 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

Alzheimer’s is on the rise across all Americans over 65, with one in nine people in that age cohort now living with the disease, a total of over six million people. But for American Indian and Alaska Native populations—who are more predisposed to Alzheimer’s and...
The Alzheimer’s Crisis in Indian Country

The Crisis in Home Care

by External Article | Apr 22, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Finances, Millennial Generation | 0 comments

Kara Ward started her life as a caregiver earlier than most people do. She was only 29 when her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2006. Ward had two young children of her own at the time—a toddler and an infant—and still she found herself caring for her mom,...

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