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MCCFAD News Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimers Disease
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5.4 million individuals currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is expected to triple by 2050. Currently there is no cure, but participating in research will help find ways to reduce risk, develop better treatments, and better care for family members. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) affects a large percentage of ethnic minority older adults, but very little is known about Middle Eastern/Arab Americans and Latinos.
Risk factors for ADRD, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and depression, are more commonly found in both groups. As the United States becomes more culturally diverse, it is important that ethnic groups are represented in research. MCCFAD researchers are actively working to make Middle Eastern/Arab and Latinos more visible to ADRD research. Activities include translation of neuropsychological cognitive tests into Arabic, documentation of attitudes toward ADRD among Latinos, and adapting a care intervention to influence ADRD among both Middle Eastern/Arab Americans and Latinos. Each project helps to advance research for our communities.
That is why participating in research is more important than ever. There are three reasons why we should volunteer to be in research studies:
1. Be part of the cure. By participating in research, we help in the efforts to reduce risk, develop better treatments, and eventually find a cure.
2. Help our family now and in the future. Findings can guide health care professionals to better treat us, our parents, children, and grandchildren so the whole family stays healthy with age.
3. Better care practices. Help identify ways to provide high quality care for Alzheimer’s Disease patients.
The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) is one of 18 Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) in the U.S. Funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Located at the University of Michigan, MCCFAD aims to do its best to share what is known about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and to advance that research in Arab American and Latino communities. You are all invited to, and we certainly hope you will, complete a short survey so that you can become part of our pool of potential research participants. While this does not guarantee that you will be offered a chance to participate, it does tell us that you are interested in participating in research. If you are invited to participate in a research project, the project will be explained to you and you will be given the opportunity to ask questions about it. You can then decide if you want to participate in that particular project. The survey is completely confidential, all questions are voluntary, and you may stop the survey at any time. Please visit the link below to be directed to the survey: https://bit.ly/MCCFADpoolMAY0 2020 VOLUMEN 0
