Open Access“Making Sense of a Disease That Makes No Sense”: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Among Caregivers and Providers Within Alaska Native Communities
Author(s) -
Jordan Lewis,
Spero M. Manson,
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan,
Carolyn Noonan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the gerontologist/the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnaa102
Subject(s) - outreach , gerontology , medicine , family caregivers , health care , population , dementia , disease , nursing , psychology , environmental health , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
With the rate of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) increasing among Alaska Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people, the Alaska Native Health system is ill-prepared to meet the challenges associated with the growing population at risk of ADRD. The high cost of care, inadequate training of health care providers, and lack of supportive services for caregivers are especially concerning.