Alzheimer’s Creates Huge Burden In African-American Community; GSU Study Seeks Answers

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April 16th, 2019

Camilla White speaks at a DeKalb County gathering. Both of her parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, so White and her family have experienced the personal and financial fallout from the disease. Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death for all Americans, and the fourth-leading cause of death for older African-Americans, according to the Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Emory University.

Courtesy of Georgia Health News

By Judi Kanne 

Camilla White’s days as a part-time caregiver for her mother began at 4 a.m. They ended at 10 or 11 at night.

“It just depended on Mom,’’ White says.

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