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Annemarie Barnett. (Submitted photo) The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Cincinnati Chapter has selected one of its own to lead the organization, lauded as one of the best nonprofits in Cincinnati.
Annemarie Barnett has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Chapter, after four years of experience leading Alzheimer’s fundraising for the organization. In her previous role as Development Director for the Greater Cincinnati Chapter, Barnett helped drive the Cincinnati Tri-State Walk to End Alzheimer’s to become the fourth-largest walk in the nation.
Alzheimer’s event examines health disparities and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Carl V. Hill
DAYTON COVID-19 has laid bare some undesirable truths: African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. In the field of Alzheimer’s and dementia, statistics point to a similar troubling trend.
On March 3, the Alzheimer’s Association will hosting a virtual statewide town hall assembling some of the nation’s top experts in the field of health equity and Alzheimer’s disease to discuss some of the latest research involving underserved communities. Dr. Carl V. Hill, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for the Alzheimer’s Association, and Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, President of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), will host the event.
Efforts to identify veterans at risk of dementia intensifying locally
DAYTON Willie Norman Walker was a Korean War veteran who regularly read the newspaper, loved to do crossword puzzles everyday that challenged his thinking, and as his wife Edna Walker said, “was the smartest person I know.”
An Army weapons specialist from Georgia, Walker ended his military service in the 1950s. But during retirement, he started forgetting where he was putting things and “just to look at his face and see the disorientation I knew something was wrong,” Edna Walker said.
She took him to a Veterans Administration Medical Center to get checked. The diagnosis was vascular dementia. Walker was in his early 70s.