Alzheimers

Latino USA

For this blog post of today, I listened to a podcast from Latino USA called "Alzheimer's in Color" aired on September 11, 2020.  I listened to this program produced by Maria Hinojosa from Latino USA in collaboration with Black Public Media on October 21st 2020. For this blog post I listened to the host of the show, Latinx, Black Dominican, Yvonne Latty a journalist and university professor tell the story of her mother, Ramona Latty and her struggle living with Alzheimer's. During this pandemic, Yvonne talks about the difficulty of keeping in touch and being there for her mother.

I liked this podcast especially, because it touched on the issues of health care for people of color. When Ramona Latty got diagnosed with Alzheimer's Yvonne mentioned that the doctor told her to "Google" the disease. Most of the people in that waiting room where she found herself with her mother were people of color about to receive in adequate health care. If you are not aware of what Alzheimer's is exactly, I found an article called "Alzheimer's Disease" by Alistair Burns and Steve Iliffe that explains what it is, the causes, and what can be done about it. This article gives a better understanding about the disease, a form of dementia that slowly deteriorates a person's mind. This article goes into detail about the care that can be given which is important.

Care for your Elders!!

After listening to this podcast, I learned that the black community are two times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Latinx one point five times more likely to be diagnosed than white Americans. More should be done to help people of color receive adequate health care, after all minorities will surpass the white population calling for more help from those in the medical field.

Works Cited

Burns, Alistair, and Steve Iliffe. “Alzheimer's Disease.” BMJ: British Medical Journal, vol. 338, no. 7692, 2009, pp. 467– 471. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20512146. Accessed 23 Oct. 2020.

https://www.latinousa.org/2020/09/11/alzheimersincolor/