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Genesis Health Project Launches Alzheimer鈥檚, Dementia Caregivers Support Program

Friday, September 2, 2016, By Michele Barrett
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A $500,000 grant from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) will fund programming to deliver Alzheimer’s Disease and caregiving support to the African American community in 黑料不打烊 鈥攊ncluding respite care and connections to community resources鈥攁s part of the Genesis Health Project. This initiative, led by , is part of the NYSDOH鈥檚 Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Program, which implemented a $25 million strategy in 2015 to support people with Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease and other dementias and their caregivers.

The Genesis Health Project has launched an initiative to provide support African Americans with dementia and their caregivers.

The Genesis Health Project has launched an initiative to provide support African Americans with dementia and their caregivers.

The goals of the African American Alzheimer’s Dementia Caregivers Support Program (AADCS) are to provide Alzheimer’s and dementia education to inner-city African Americans and increase use of available resources to diminish caregiver stress. The programs include educational seminars and cultural competency training for community-based partners. A 12-week Healthy Living Program was launched Aug. 13, encompassing Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease and nutrition education, exercise sessions, and yoga and meditation.

Launched in 2004, the Genesis Project is part of a larger minority health initiative, in partnership with Falk College, corporate donors, government agencies and other regional partners. The multi-year, community-based initiative aims to reduce health disparities and to promote healthy lifestyles among African Americans. Targeting underserved populations in the area through a network of health advocate volunteers at local churches, the Genesis Project has focused on health issues such as diabetes prevention and management, obesity, and prostate and breast cancer awareness and education in addition to its newest focus on Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease and dementia caregiving.

Under the leadership of Falk College public health professor Luvenia Cowart, co-founder of the Genesis Project, collaborating with co-investigator Maria T. Brown, an assistant research professor at the Aging Studies Institute, the project will implement multiple strategies, including:

  • creating opportunities for partner organizations to offer education, assessments, referrals;
  • offering funding to support caregivers’ involvement in GHP;
  • supporting community members as they explore and consider available resources and services, and;
  • providing self-care and stress management education for caregivers in African American faith-based communities.

Cowart鈥檚 academic interests are focused on public health and health education among minorities, community partnerships and interdisciplinary collaborations, health disparities and mental health issues. Brown is a social gerontologist who studies later-life experiences of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, women and racial, ethnic and sexual minorities.

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