Dementia Care in Diverse Older Adults in the U.S. Deep South and the Rest of the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Use of specialists and recommended drugs has beneficial effects for older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD). Gaps in care may exist for minorities, e.g., Blacks, and especially in the United States (U.S.) Deep South (DS), a poor U.S. region with rising ADRD cases and minority overrepresentation. Currently, we have little understanding of ADRD care utilization in diverse populations in this region and elsewhere in the U.S. (non-DS), and the factors that adversely impact it.

Objective

To examine utilization of specialists and ADRD drugs (outcomes) in racial/ethnic groups of older adults with ADRD and the personal or context-level factors affecting these outcomes in DS and non-DS.

Methods

We obtained outcomes and personal-level

SUBMITTER: Pisu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8843111 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature