Mudrazija and Colleagues Examine Disproportionate Impacts of Alzheimer Disease and Dementia
Posted: 6/12/2025 ()
Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have significant health consequences for individuals, families, employers, and governments. African American and Latino adults likely face disproportionate economic burdens from ADRD because of differences in biological and non-biological processes including high prevalence rates and associated comorbidities, less access and lower quality education, and low access to quality health care, including lack of specialists and minoritized health care practitioners in general. In a recent study, CSDE Affiliate Stipica Mudrazija (Health Systems and Population Health) and co-authors assess ADRD’s economic burden on non-Latino African American, Latino, and non-Latino White adults and their caregivers, employers, and the government from 2020 and 2060 using a nationally representative dataset combining data from multiple agencies and surveys. The study shows that African American and Latino older adults with ADRD and their families are likely to face disproportionately high burdens, primarily associated with unpaid caregiving. Read the full study here.