Racial Discrimination in Alzheimer’s Care
By Steven Vargas, Contributing Writer
Published March 11, 2021
(From Left-to-Right): Dr. April Thames, Dr. Carl Hill, Dr. Cozzette Lyons-Jones and Kristy Heisser
In a case study presented by USC Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Dr. April Thames, an African American man at the age of 75 had all the symptoms and experiences. He had a medical history of hypertension and diabetes. He had a stroke 10 years prior to his screener for dementia. And since the stroke, he experienced behavioral and cognitive changes, developing vascular dementia.
More importantly, he sought a neuropsychological evaluation later than he should have.