“We know that it's not because we're Black and brown that these disparities have occurred. It’s the racism in the healthcare system and how it was built that has made these disparities happen.”
, the most important question — why is this happening? — remains unanswered. But the experts we spoke to aren’t necessarily scratching their heads for clues. Black Leaders For Brain Health
The missing puzzle piece that glues everything together? A long history of systemic racism at the expense of Black people’s health and trust in American medicine. for someone living with dementia, a survey from the Alzheimer’s Association found; only 53% say they believe a cure for the disease will be distributed fairly without regard to race or ethnicity.
Eventually, these disparities lead Black people to receive official dementia diagnoses less often and at later stages compared to white people. 35% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia This traumatizing history has left its mark on the Black community. Survey data from the Alzheimer’s Association shows that Black people don’t want to participate in clinical trials, out of fear of becoming a “guinea pig,” getting sick from treatment, not being given enough information about the study, and having issues commuting to the study site.
The new study also found that Black patients with dementia who saw a neurologist received medications “comparably” to white patients with dementia. Although seeing a specialist could close some of the medication disparities, Turner said, this option may present another bias-related access issue because there aren’t enough neurologists to care for all the dementia patients out there.
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