Benefits of Cultural Humility and Trauma-Informed Care With Minoritized Older Adults

A couple years ago, I worked with Mr. Davis, a Black man who was 85 and held a strong Jehovah’s Witness faith.  He was in therapy due to a recent…

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Caring for Adults with Autism and Other Disabilities

Over 75% of adults with developmental disabilities live at home with family. There is a growing population of aging caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities, in part due to increased…

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Why African Americans Have a Greater Risk for Dementia and What We Can Do About It

  Dementia is one of the most important, but often overlooked, health care issues related to older African Americans.   In fact, research shows that African Americans are two to…

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Dementia Can Be Beautiful with MJ Grant and Her Mom, Carmen

In this first of a two-part interview,  I have the incredible honor of interviewing Mary Jane, "MJ", Grant about her experiences with caring for her mom with dementia. You may remember…

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