Latest SC Alzheimer’s Disease Registry Report provides county-specific insight as search for cure continues
“Why is there a concentration of dementia diagnosis here? Do we have a primary care provider who’s really great at recognizing the signs and symptoms of dementia? Do we have a church or community center that’s really helpful at getting caregivers to get their loved one to a primary care provider? Or is something else happening? Can researchers go in and look at environmental, genetic, lifestyle factors, is there comorbidities like high blood pressure or diabetes that are contributing to it. It allows us to go in and look at special populations,” says Wilson.
