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Bergeron CD, Robinson MT, Willis FB, Albertie ML, Wainwright JD, Fudge MR, Parfitt FC, Lucas JA. Creating a Dementia Friendly Community in an African American Neighborhood: Perspectives of People Living with Dementia, Care Partners, Stakeholders, and Community Residents. J Appl Gerontol 2023; 42:280-289. [PMID: 36184924 PMCID: PMC9906431 DOI: 10.1177/07334648221130055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
A dementia friendly community allows people with dementia and their care partners to remain engaged in their community well into the disease. This study presents the results of primary research aimed at exploring perceptions regarding building a dementia friendly community in an African American neighborhood in northeast Florida. Twelve focus groups and five interviews were conducted with people living with dementia, informal and formal care partners, community stakeholders and neighborhood residents, and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Three main themes emerged from the analyses, including (1) perceived needs, (2) facilitators and barriers to being dementia friendly, and (3) opportunities for the community to become more dementia friendly. Study findings highlight the unique needs of a single African American neighborhood and the importance of culturally tailoring the dementia friendly model to diverse communities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Caroline D. Bergeron
- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Bergeron CD, Robinson MT, Willis FB, Albertie ML, Wainwright JD, Fudge MR, Parfitt FC, Crook JE, Ball CT, Lucas JA. Testing an Alzheimer's Disease Educational Approach in Two African American Neighborhoods in Florida. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2022; 9:2283-2290. [PMID: 34647272 PMCID: PMC9005559 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01165-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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African Americans experience a significantly greater burden of Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to non-Hispanic White Americans. Raising awareness and increasing knowledge of AD within African American communities is an important step towards addressing these disparities. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of two approaches to sharing AD knowledge with community residents. Using a quasi-experimental design, African American participants were recruited through community partners and local resources in two comparable neighborhoods in Duval County, Florida, which formed the intervention and the comparison groups for this study. The identical 40-min educational lecture was provided to both groups. In the intervention community, the lecture was followed by focus group sessions modeled after the Dementia Friendly America toolkit. In the comparison community, the lecture was followed by a social event where participants could interact informally with the speaker and dementia outreach staff. A brief quantitative survey assessing AD knowledge was administered to participants in both groups before the education session, immediately after the lecture, and 2 months later. Results indicate that both groups improved their knowledge scores at immediate post-test. Scores for both groups declined at 2-month follow-up, but the comparison group's scores declined more precipitously than the intervention group's scores (p = 0.0.21). These results suggest that conducting focus groups and interviews following a lecture on AD may help better retain AD knowledge over time.
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Affiliation(s)
- Caroline D Bergeron
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
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Lucas JA, Robinson MT, Bergeron CD, Willis FB, Parfitt FC, Fudge MR, Wainwright JD, Graff‐Radford NR. Dementia friendly community outreach improves research participation and dementia resource utilization among African Americans. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.052088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Bergeron CD, Robinson MT, Willis FB, Albertie ML, Wainwright JD, Fudge MR, Parfitt FC, Lucas JA. O1‐05‐05: PROMOTING DEMENTIA AWARENESS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: IMPACT OF THE DEMENTIA CARING COMMUNITY OUTREACH MODEL. Alzheimers Dement 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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