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2009 Winner, Diverse/Multicultural Communities:

Banner Alz-heimer’s Institute (BAI) - Phoenix, AZ

Banner Alzheimer’s Institue was established in 2006 with a threefold mission: To end Alzheimer’s disease

without losing a generation; to set a new standard of care for patients and families; and to forge a model of

biomedical collaboration. The Memory Disorders Center provides diagnosis, treatment and care. The Clini-
cal Trials program offers therapeutic, imaging and quality-of-life studies. The Family and Community Ser-

vices department provides education, support and assistance to patients and families.

Website: www.banneralz.org.

Program:

BAI Native American

Outreach Program

The BAI Native American Outreach

Program was established to increase
awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and

related dementias among the Arizona

Native American (NA) tribal members

and health care providers.The program’s

goals are to improve diagnosis and

treatment and to assist caregivers with
the challenges of caregiving. Outreach

to tribes and an annual conference have

reached over 1,500 family and profes-

sional caregivers. A DVD featuring three

Native American families sharing their
unique caregiving stories has

been widely distributed and used

along with a 55-page culturally

appropriate book, Navigating

through Memory Loss.

“. . . recognition by the Gilbert Foundation serves as a re-

minder of the importance of bringing culturally sensitive and appropriate outreach and edu-

cation programs to our Native American population . . . [a group that] continues to be one of

the most underserved and underrepresented relative to dementia.” - Jan Dougherty, MS, RN,

Director; and Filmer Lalio, MEd, Native American Outreach Coordinator.

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