Older Hispanic adults in the US are about one and a half times more likely to have Alzheimer’s or other dementias than their White peers, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual special report.
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Clues to solve the paradox have emerged from an unlikely place. Jose Luis Pelaez/Stone via Getty ImagesIn early December 2021, I was seeing a physical therapist for a shoulder injury. During one of my visits, the therapist was alternating between me and another patient on an adjacent bed, who had a knee replacement. While the therapist worked on the other patient’s leg, stretching it and bending the knee, I eavesdropped on their conversation. The patient was in pain, anxious to complete the hard
The current most common ways Hispanic populations refer to themselves are “Hispanic,” “Latino/Latina” and “Chicano,” but the newer gender-neutral term “Latinx” attempts to be more inclusive to non-binary members of the population.