Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment

Our latest study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Our latest study in JAMA OPEN: ucsf.edu/news/2023/08/4…

Living alone can be a barriers to services to the estimated 4.3 million older adults living alone with cognitive impairment in the US: our article is out: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

See how Forbes talked about us forbes.com/sites/howardgl…

Honored to launch our FIRST policy brief: 4.3 million older adults living alone with cognitive impairment in the US - 72% reported having trouble getting any help, only 20% reported being covered by Medicaid livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

OUR FIRST POLICY BRIEF | Did you know that an estimated 4.3 million people live alone with cognitive impairment in the US? Almost the size of Los Angeles livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

A long day but so worth it—spreading awareness & recruiting for my research studies. Left church n rural GA & went to event at Greenbrier Mall in Atlanta sponsored by @linksinc. We have 2 go 2 the people! Yes, Caregivers & pastors go to the mall. We made some good connections.

#dementiacaresummit Mr Hellenbolen, a man diagnosed with dementia just shared that he and his wife lost their $250K annual income because his wife left her job to care for him. The estimated 4.3 million older adults often face these costs alone livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

About 43% of people experiencing homelessness in California are living with a disability. Change is on the horizon! Thank you @CASenCaballero & @NancySkinnerCA for championing #SB37. bit.ly/3yVb2NN #RentalAssistance #HousingStability #DisabilityHousing

Applaud panel on disparities chaired by Dr. Fabius on need to better support caregivers and persons with dementia #DementiaCareSummit - the estimated 4.3 million older adults living alone in the US often lacks invested caregivers livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

Superb presentation of Dr. Gaugler on intervention supporting people living alone with dementia in the US! #dementiacaresummit - livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

Older Black Americans are about twice as likely to have Alzheimer's or other dementias as older white Americans. Assistant Professor @SFWaltersPhD sat down with @kare11 to discuss racism's role in mental health disparities. @CARHEumn @UMNCHAI 📺: kare11.com/article/news/l….

#DementiaCareSummit applaud Dr. Ula Whang's emphasis on interventions around emergency departments, which are the sites where people living alone with dementia often land livingalone.ucsf.edu/policy-brief

The estimated 4.2 million older adults living alone with cognitive impairment in the US particularly at risk of not getting the latest COVID booster nytimes.com/2022/12/21/hea…

Paula Span from the NYT wondwing who will care over one million older adults without family supports in the US, many of them live alone and have cognitive impairment.

We offered insights on gaps in services to older Black American women living alone with dementia npr.org/sections/healt…