Empowering Rural Healthcare: 海角社区 Receives Major Grant to Transform Dementia Care
November 12, 2024
Investigators of the Health Resources & Services Administration grant received by the 海角社区 Healthy Aging Research Center.
In the United States, approximately 65 years of age or older are diagnosed with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias, or ADRD. and are ranked among the top five states for the highest occurrence of ADRD per person aged 65 years and older, and ADRD is ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in these states.
The 海角社区 Healthy Aging Research Center鈥檚 Scott Wilks received and will be the principal investigator of a five-year, $5 million Health Resources & Services Administration, or HRSA, grant to use toward educating and training primary care and geriatrics workforces in rural and underserved areas in dementia-friendly care with a specific focus on Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease for their project titled 鈥淟ouisiana-Mississippi Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project.鈥�
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鈥淭here are approximately 95,000 people aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease in Louisiana, and around 168,000 family members dutifully serve as their care partners,鈥� said Dr. Wilks. 鈥淔unding for this program will enable us to provide resources in communities with little to nothing available for Alzheimer鈥檚 patients and their caregivers.鈥�
The project brings together teams from multiple institutions, including the University of Southern Mississippi, Ochsner Health, Chamberlain College of Nursing, and Alzheimer鈥檚 Services of the Capital Area.
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