CRYSTAL: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS AN ALARMING STATISTIC
,
HISPANIC LATINOS ARE AT 50%
HIGHER RISK THAN CAUCASIANS FOR
DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
OR OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HISPANIC
HERITAGE MUCH -- MONTH AND THE
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS
REFLECTING ON THE HEALTH
DISPARITIES THAT HISPANICS ARE
FACING.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION NEW
MEXICO CHAPTER SPOKE WITH ME TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING
TO OBSERVE HISPANIC HERITAGE
MUCH.
JOINING US IS TIM.
GOOD MORNING.
TIM: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.
CRYSTAL: THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
WE ARE COVERING AN IMPORTANT
TOPIC, ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
AND HOW YOU ARE OBSERVING
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
TIM: IT IS ALL ABOUT AWARENESS,
THAT IS PART OF OUR JOB, HEALTH
AWARENESS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WITH THIS MONTH NEW MEXICO
WITH
THE MAJORITY OF OUR POPULATION
BEING HISPANIC, WE WANT TO GET
OUT THERE AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT
IT IS BASICALLY, HISPANIC PEOPLE
HAVE ONE POINT FIVE TIMES -- 1.5
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
DEMENTIA, SO THERE IS A LOT OF
EDUCATION OUT THERE, LOTS OF
DISCUSSION WITH YOUR DOCTORS AND
THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND WE PUT OUT A LOT OF
RESOURCES IN THE STATE TO ANSWER
THAT FOR PEOPLE.
CRYSTAL: THAT STATISTIC IS
ALARMING, IS THERE A REASON TO
WHY HISPANICS ARE AT A HIGHER
RISK?
TIM: THERE IS NOT A REASON YET.
WE ACTUALLY BASICALLY
HAVE LOTS
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DEMENTIA AND
HEALTH OVERALL.
THE BIG THING IS THAT THEY FEEL
A COUPLE OF THINGS, IT IS
LIFESTYLE SOMETIMES, IT
IS HEART
PROBLEMS, AND STROKE RICK'S --
RISKS ARE HIGHER.
AND ALSO, WE FOUND OUT THAT
THERE IS A GENE CALLED THE APOE4
GENE THAT HAS
THE STRONGEST
IMPACT ON WHITE PEOPLE, AND
EUROPEAN-BASED POPULATIONS AND A
WEAKER
EFFECT IN LATIN AMERICAN
POPULATIONS.
THEY ARE WONDERING IF THAT HAS
TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.
BUT THERE IS LOTS OF RESEARCH.
WE SPENT $167 MILLION
RESEARCHING ALZHEIMER'S AND
DEMENTIA.
NATIONWIDE.
CRYSTAL: ESPECIALLY, WITH US
HAVING SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF
HISPANICS NEW MEXICO, HOW
CRUCIAL IS IT THAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
TIM: VERY.
OUR POPULATION IS ABOUT 40% THE
MAJORITY, AND SO, WE NEED
TO GET
THE INFORMATION OUT, AND REHAB
-- AND WE HAVE RESOURCES BESIDE
THE 24/7 HOTLINE.
PEOPLE CAN CALL
US, THEY CAN GO
INTO SUPPORT GROUPS.
WE HAVE CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR, AND NOW THEY ARE ALL
ONLINE, AND THERE IS LOTS OF
EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
TO SUPPORT AND HELP THEM OUT.
CRYSTAL: THERE IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO WHO ARE WATCHING AND
THINKING, HOW DO I KNOW IF I
HAVE THE EARLY STAGES OF
ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA, WHAT
ARE THE TELLTALE SIGNS?
TIM: THERE ARE SEVERAL.
IF YOU FORGET YOUR KEYS, WE ALL
DO THAT.
IF YOU FORGET YOUR WAY
HOME,
THEN WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES.
AND SO, WE HAVE A COURSE CALLED
10 TIME -- TRANZYME'S --
10
SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER'S.
THAT IS A COURSE THAT PEOPLE CAN
TAKE TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE
THINGS AND GET BACK UP IN
SUPPORT OF THEIR DOCTOR.
JUST THE REGULAR PHYSICIAN AND
NEUROLOGISTS, AND WE HAVE GREAT
ONES IN THE STATE THAT CAN
SUPPORT US.
CRYSTAL: SOME VIEWERS MIGHT
THINK THAT IF I TAKE THE TEST,
WHAT IF IT DOES SHOW THAT I'M IN
THE EARLY STAGES AND BE AFRAID
OF COMING FORWARD.
TIM: THAT WAS SCARY.
MY MOTHER HAD DEMENTIA FOR 7.5
YEARS, AND THERE ARE TESTS OUT
THERE THAT SUPPOSEDLY CAN TELL
YOU IF YOU HAVE IT OR NOT, BUT
THE SCARY PART ABOUT IT IS THAT
IF YOU TAKE IT AND YOU HAVE IT,
THEN THERE IS SO MUCH UP IN THE
AIR.
CRYSTAL: AND THAT IS WHERE YOU
GUYS COME IN, SO DESPITE THE --
THE POTENTIAL FEAR OR CONCERN OF
IT MAY BE AFFECTING MY LIFE
RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU SAY IT IS
BEST TO KNOW SO YOU CAN SEEK
HELP?
TIM: I THINK SO.
JUST GETTING THE GUIDANCE AND
SUPPORT, IT IS SUPPORT MORE THAN
ANYTHING.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE
SUPPORT AS -- OF CAREGIVERS
--
IS CAREGIVERS IN THE STATE.
40,000 PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW HAVE
ALZHEIMER'S RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE
ARE DIAGNOSED.
BUT THERE ARE
1800 CAREGIVERS IN
THE STATE AND WE ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT THEM.
WITH OUR HISPANIC FAMILIES,
THERE IS A LOT OF IN-HOME CARE.
I AM GOING TO TAKE CARE OF
GRANDMA, GRANDPA, MOM, OR DAD.
IT IS PART OF THE CULTURE, WHICH
IS AWESOME, BUT IT TAKES A LOT
OF WORK, AND SOMETIMES WE SEE
CAREGIVERS NOT TAKING CARE OF
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE
TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF LOVED
ONES.
CRYSTAL: I KNOW YOU GAVE US
SOBERING STATISTICS WHEN IT
COMES TO ALZHEIMER'S AND THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
IT IS GREAT YOU GUYS ARE
OBSERVING HISPANIC HERITAGE
MONTH.
FOR VIEWERS AT HOME INKING WHERE
CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION,
WHERE CAN YOU GO?
ALZ
.ORG/NEWMEXICO, OR THE
NUMBER, WHICH IS 24/7, 365
DAYS
OF THE YEAR.
AND THEY CAN GET INFORMATION
THERE, AND THEY -- WHEN THEY
CALL THAT NUMBER, THEY SPEAK TO
A MASTERS LEVEL PERSON, SO IF
THEY NEED SUPPORT THEN, WE CAN
HELP THEM AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING
OR FOLLOW-UP THE FOLLOWING DAY,
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CLASSES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS
THAT THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE
THOSE CLASSES.
CRYSTAL: VERY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
TIM: THANK YOU, AND DO NOT
FORGET OUR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE
YEAR, THE WALL FOR ALZHEIMER'S
THIS SATURDAY.
-- THE WALK FOR ALZHEIMER'S.
WE ARE WALKING EVERYWHERE, BUT
WE ARE NOT LAW -- WALKING AS A
LARGE GROUP.
THEY CAN TEXT
ENDALZ AND GO TO
OUR WEBSITE.
CRYSTAL: KEEP IT UP.