
Caregiver Grant, State of the Air Report, Rep. Raúl Grijalva
Season 2023 Episode 85 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
A new grant to study caregivers. 24th annual State of the Air Report. Rep.Raúl Grijalva.
A new grant looks to study caregivers with dementia patients, and hopes to find out what they experience and go through. Assistant Professor, Zachary Baker, joined us to discuss the grant. JoAnna Strother, Senior Director of Advocacy, joined us to discuss Arizona' 24th annual State of the Air report. Representative Raúl Grijalva joined us to discuss his thoughts environmental justice.
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Caregiver Grant, State of the Air Report, Rep. Raúl Grijalva
Season 2023 Episode 85 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
A new grant looks to study caregivers with dementia patients, and hopes to find out what they experience and go through. Assistant Professor, Zachary Baker, joined us to discuss the grant. JoAnna Strother, Senior Director of Advocacy, joined us to discuss Arizona' 24th annual State of the Air report. Representative Raúl Grijalva joined us to discuss his thoughts environmental justice.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Ted: NEXT, CONGRESS RAUL GRIJALVA JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS EFFORTS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AIR AND WATER.
SOME SOBRIETYING NUMBERS ON THE NEW AIR QUALITY REPORT AND RESEARCH ON THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT DEMENTIA PATIENTS.
THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."
>> GOODGOOD EVENING.
MORE TURMOIL IS THE BANKING SECTOR.
THEY SOLD THE ASSETS TO JP MORGAN.
THIS WAS DUE TO THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES.
FIRST REPUBLIC WAS THE LARGEST AND THE FDIC TOOK CONTROL OVER THE WEEKEND AND SOLD IT TODAY TO JP MORGAN, ALL OF WHICH CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> GOING FORWARD, I'VE CALLED ON CONGRESS TO GIVE REGULATORS THE TOOLS TO HOLD BANK EXECUTIVES ACCOUNTABLE AND TO STRENGTHEN SUPERVISION OF LARGE AND REGIONAL BANKS.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT BACK IN THIS POSITION AGAIN AND I THINK WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MAKE THAT ASSURANCE.
>> Ted: FIRST REPUBLIC, THAT BANK WAS SOLD BY REGULATORS TO JP MORGAN.
>>> OTHER HEADLINES, THE SUSPECT IN THE MASS SHOOTING IN TEXAS THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE INCLUDING A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY IS ON THE LOOSE AND AND AUTHORITIES SAY A SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS ENTERING THE U.S.
ILLEGALLY AND DEPORTED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO CNN WITH CUSTOM'S ENFORCEMENT.
THEY ASKED TO STOP SHOOTING HIS RIFLE NEAR THE FAMILY'S HOME.
>>> THEY'RE SUING OVER LAST MONTH'S SPACeX LAUNCH IN TEXAS AND THEY SENT DEBRIS FOR MILES BEFORE EXPLODING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.
THE LAWSUIT CLAIMED THAT THE FAA CLAIMED THE LAUNCH WITHOUT COMPLYING AND THE IMPACT OF THE LAUNCH INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF A NEARBY BIRD HABITAT.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH THE FAA TO MINIMIZE AND REDUCE LONG-TERM DAMAGES TO RESOURCES.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST WEEK SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THIS FOLLOWS CONGRESS RAUL GRIJALVA INTRODUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL ACT IN MARCH.
CONGRESS GRJALVA TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT TO CLEAN AIR.
YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> THIS IS A GOOD ORDER AND PATTERNED AFTER THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT I AND A COLLEAGUE FROM MARYLAND WHO PASSED, UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIED AND WE NAMED THIS AFTER HIM, JUSTICE FOR ALL ACT.
WE WORKED ON THIS FOR THREE YEARS, GOING THROUGH COMMUNITIES AND THEY HELPED US WRITE IT AND MOSS IMPACTED.
AND MOST IMPACTED.
IT GOT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE I SHARED.
THIS WAS IN PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, RURAL ISOLATED COMMUNITIES AND NEAR AND ON TRIBAL LAND OR NEAR TRIBAL LAN AND THAT'S BEEN THE PATTERN HISTORICALLY.
WHAT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER SAYS IS THAT EVERYBODY HAS RIGHT TO KNOW AND MUST BE A PROCESS OF PRIOR NOTIFICATION AND THERE MUST BE A CUMULATIVE IMPACT STUDY.
>> Ted: EMBEDDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OVERALL?
>> FROM ALL AGENCIES, AND I THINK THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE, EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY AND I HOPE SOME DAY SOON THAT IT BECOMES CODIFIED INTO LAW SO IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND, AS WELL.
IF WE LOOK, THERE'S 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE CATEGORY OF BEING OVERBURDENED IN THE JUSTICE COMMUNITIES AND THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES ON ALL LEVELS ARE MORE NEGATIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES.
IT'S IN THE SAFE GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND THE IMPACT THEY'VE HAD ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES OVERALL.
YEAH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT BIDEN DID.
>> Ted: CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DID THIS NOT ALLOW FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES TO FILE LAWSUITS.
>> YES.
>> Ted: IT SEEMS LIKE THE SUPREME COURT HAD LOOKED AT THAT.
>> WE WERE TURNING THAT DECISION AROUND AND SAYING THAT ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE AND GENDER AND OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE COVERED BY THE CIVIL RIGHT'S ACT, THAT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WERE REASONS TO REDRESS AND GO TO FEDERAL COURT AND SEEK A REMEDY.
>> Ted: ARE YOU EASING OFF THIS NOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN INSTITUTED.
>> THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND QUITE FRANKLY, WITH THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I DON'T SEE A PATH FORWARD.
>> Ted: AT LEAST NOT FOR NOW AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL.
THE REPUBLICAN BILL, TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT MAKES IT OUT HOUSE AND YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> THAT'S JUST BLACKMAIL AND RANSOM.
THEY'RE SAYING CUT THE BUDGET TO 20, 22 LEVELS AND LOWER AND WE WILL NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT UNTIL YOU AGREE TO THIS.
TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
THE DEFINITE LIMIT HAS BEEN RAISED CONSISTENTLY THREE YEARS IN A ROW UNDER TRUMP AND NO NOT A PEEP ABOUT RAISING THE LIMIT AND THOSE FOUR YEARS, THE DEFICIT WENT UP 25% AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING IN THE CRUCIBLE THEY'LL STAND ON.
THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND ON OUR GOOD FAITH AND CREDIT AND ON GLOBAL ECONOMICS IS GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL.
THE POTENTIAL THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE FUNCTIONING IF WE DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT ON INFLATION, ON THE COST OF CONSUMER GOODS AND ALL OF THOSE WILL GO UP.
WHY?
BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING OUR BUDGET HOSTAGE UNTIL WE AGREE TO THE CUTS IN ORDER TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT.
TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH IT AND HAVE THE DEBATE ABOUT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT CUT.
THE DEBT CEILING, THAT HAS BEEN AUTOMATICALLY RAISE THE AND IT SHOULD BE.
>> Ted: WHEN YOU CALL IT BLACKMAIL TO REPUBLICANS ON THE HILL, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET PRESIDENT BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE.
DO THEY HAVE EVEN A SLIGHT POINT?
>> THE SLIGHT POINT IS THAT WE MADE THE SAME PLEA AND WHEN WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY AND TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, THAT CEILING WAS RAISED AND THE DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE.
WE DID NOT HOLD THAT ADMINISTRATION HOSTAGE.
WE DID NOT ASK FOR CERTAIN RANSOMS TO GET THE DEBT CEILING RAISED.
THEN WE WENT ONTO THE BUDGET AND THEN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY'RE IN CHARGE AND WE PASSED THE BUDGET THAT WE THOUGHT FIT AND COULD BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE SENATE.
THAT'S THE JOB THEY HAVE, THE BUDGET BEGINS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND IF -- THIS IS A SELF-ISH ACT ON THE PART OF THE MAJORITY.
LET RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT AND DO THE DEBATE ON THE BUDGET AND TRULY FIND OUT WHAT THE DEPTH OF THE CUTS WILL MEET TO THE AMERICAN FAMILIES.
>> Ted: JANET YELLEN SAID THE DEADLINE COULD BE JUNE 1st AND IS IT TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO AT LEAST TALK, TO ENGAGE IN SOME TALKS AND GET SOME FEDERAL SPENDING CUT, AND MAYBE NOT ALL THE REPUBLICANS WANT, BUT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE HERE.
>> I THINK IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHO BLINKS FIRST, MY FRIEND.
IT'S A QUESTION OF THE PROCESS AND THE SHE HIPPOCRACY INVOLVED.
WE DID NOT DELAY THE PASSING OF THE DEBT BECAUSE IT WAS THE GOOD FAITH AND CREDIT.
THAT'S THE PROCESS AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.
FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO FULLY DISCLOSE WHAT IT WILL BE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Ted: IS THAT NOT FULLY DISPOSED AS OF YET?
>> THAT WILL SAY THIS WILL NOT AFFECT ANYBODY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING UP TO 25% OF THE BUDGET, WHEN SOME AREAS ARE UP TO 59% CUTS, YES, IT WILL AFFECT, AFFECT ARIZONA AND EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SERVICES WILL BE SLOWER AND MUCH OF THE MONEY THAT THEY WANT TO BRING BACK FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS CREATING JOBS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SO YES, YES.
>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, FOR YOU, WHERE YOU SIT AS IT STANDS, ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THAT SOMETHING WILL GET DONE?
>> THE DEBT CEILING HAS BEEN RAISED -- WHEN WE WERE IN THE MINORITY, WE JOINED TO PASS THE DEBT CEILING AND MOVE ONTO THE BUDGET.
THAT IS MY HOPE, WE'LL GET BACK TO WHERE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WILL TAKE OVER, RAISE IT AND THEN MOVE OVER TO THE DEBATE ON THE BUDGET.
>> Ted: CONGRESSMAN RAUL GRIJALVA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, MUCH OF THE STATE RECEIVES POOR GRADES IN THE LATEST AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION REPORT.
>> JOANNA, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: THE STATE OF THE AIR REPORT, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK AT?
>> THIS IS THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION STATE OF THE AIR REPORT AND WE LOOK AT THE DANGEROUS AND WIDE SPREAD AIR POLLUTANTS WHICH IS PARTICLE POLLUTION AND THIS FINE PARTICLE INTO THE LUNGS AND CAUSING BREATHES ISSUES.
>> Ted: DOES THIS LOOK AT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND HOW DOES THIS WORK?
>> A THREE-YEAR TIME PERIOD AND THIS YEAR'S REPORT LOOKING AT 2019, 2020 AND 2021.
>> Ted: IT LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL?
>> LOOKS AT THE AIR THAT WE ARE BREATHING, SO WE LOOK AT AIR QUALITY MONITORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND EPA QUALITY DATA THAT WE DOWNLOAD AND LOOK AT AND THEN WE GIVE RANKINGS AND GRADES TO CITIES AND COUNTIES FOR THEIR AIR QUALITIES.
>> Ted: I WANT TO GET GET TO THE GRADES BUT HOW IS AIR POLLUTION DEFINED?
>> SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OZONE, SO OZONE IS FORMED AND CALLED SMOG BY VOLATILE OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND NITRUS OXCIDE AND POLLUTION, PM 2.5, WHICH IS A TINY PARTICLE.
HERE IS ARIZONA, WE HAVE DUST, DUST EVERYWHERE.
A HOUSE, YOU CAN SEE THE DUST IN THE BACKYARD GATHERING BY THE DAY.
ARE WE NOT MORE VULNERABLE THAN THEY ARE IN MAD MADISON, WISCONSIN?
>> DUST IS CLASSIFIED AT PM10 AND IT'S BEGINNING.
>> THIS YEAR'S REPORT WE SAW TRENDS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LESS DAYS OF OZONE AND FEWER UNHEALTHY DAYS OF OZONES WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE.
>> Ted: THE DROUGHT, HOW MUCH DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE PARTICULATES.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS PLAYING A HUGE PLAY AND WE KNOW OUR TEMPERATURES ARE RISING AND WE'RE HAVING WATER CRISIS AND WE'RE HAVING MORE ISSUES WITH DROUGHT.
>> Ted: I NOTICE IN THE RESEARCH FROM 2002 TO 2010, IT SEEMS LIKE PAR PAR PARTICULATES WERE MUCH BETTER.
>> WE'VE SEEN THE LARGEST WILDFIRES IN HISTORY AND PLACES IN CALIFORNIA AND ON THE WEST COAST SEES DEVASTATING WILDFIRES AND THAT IS COMING THROUGH.
>> Ted: PIMA COUNTY NOT SO GOOD.
>> SEEING HIGH PARTICULATES AND NOW RANKED 30th AND MOVING UP THE LADDER.
>> Ted: COCANINA COUNTY, NO POLLUTION.
>> FLAGSTAFF ON THE CLEAN LIST.
>> Ted: ARE THEY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR IS THAT MOTHER NATURE?
>> IT DEPENDS HOW POLLUTION IS FORMED AND WHERE THE POLLUTING SOURCES ARE LOCATED AND THAT PLAYS INTO THE GRADES FOR AIR QUALITY.
>> Ted: WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THIS REPORT?
>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE.
IT IMPACTS OUR HEALTH AND LUNGS AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE.
THEY CAN GO TO AIRNOW.GOV TO CHECK THEIR AIR QUALITY ON A DAILY BASIS AND MAKE SURE WHEN WE REACH HEALTHY LEVELS, THEIR MINIMIZING TIME OUTDOORS.
>> Ted: SHORTNESS OF BREATH, THAT KIND OF THINGS?
>> YES, MUCH LIKE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS.
>> Ted: AS FAR AS DESERT AREAS LIKE PHOENIX AND TUCSON AND THESE AREAS, WE'RE KIND OF UP THERE AS FAR AS RISK FACTORS ARE CONCERNED AND PUBLIC POLICY, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO LIMIT THESE NUMBERS?
>> WELL, WITH THAT REPORT, WE'RE CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO TIGHTEN UP AIR POLLUTION LIMITS ON AIR POLLUTION AND POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS AND CERTAINLY VEHICLES AND THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BURDENS OF THE AIR POLLUTION SOURCES HERE.
>> Ted: AND STILL IS AND HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.
>> YES, SO LOOKING AT ELECTRIFYING FLEETS IN THE STATE WILL HELP.
THE CITY'S FLEETS WILL HELP.
>> Ted: AND CONTROLLING WILDFIRES WILL HELP AND WILDFIRES ARE THE BIGGEST CAUSE.
>> PRESCRIBED BURNING AS A WAY TO MITIGATE WILDFIRES IS SOME ACTION THE STATE CAN LOOK AT.
>> Ted: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ted: A NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING IS FUNDING A STUDY TO ALLOW ASU RESEARCHERS RESEARCHERS ABOUT WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.
WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON AND WELCOME.
THIS IS A STUDY OF BASICALLY CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE CARED FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND THE PATIENTS THAT HAVE PASSED.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
>> WELL, ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR STUDY AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WILL DO BETTER AND WORSE AFTER DEMENTIA CARE?
WE KNOW EVERY TEN MINUTES OR SO, WE HAVE FOUR DEMENTIA PATIENTS IN THE U.S.
THEY WILL HAVE GRIEF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH AND YOU CAN'T WORK.
YOU CAN'T GIVE OR HAVE FUN WITH PEOPLE ANYMORE AND WE NEED TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE SO WE CAN MAKE THEIR LIVES ELECTRICITY.
>> Ted: HOW DO THEY DIFFER FROM BEREAVED CAREGIVERS IN GENERAL?
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THEY HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES OF THIS CLINICAL GRIEF, THIS COMPLICATED GRIEF.
IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME CAREGIVING.
IT MEETING BECAUSE THEY LOSE A LOT OF THEIR SOCIAL NETWORK.
YOU CARE FOR SOMEBODY WITH DEMENTIA FOR FOUR TO EIGHT YEARS OR LONGER.
THAT'S A LOT OF CHANGE AND PEOPLE NOT BEING AROUND ANYMORE.
>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO ASK, SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, CONCERNS, ISSUES DURING CARE AS OPPOSED TO AFTER CARE.
SIMILAR CHANGING IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER?
>> FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE BEFORE THE DEATH WILL STRUGGLE AFTER THE DEATH, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COMPLEXITY THERE IN THAT SOME PEOPLE THRIVE GIVING CARE AND FEEL LIKE THEY FOUND THE THING THAT IS THEIR THING, WHAT THEY'RE GOOD AT AND WHEN THEY LOST THAT PERSON, THEY LOST THEIR SENSE OF SELF.
THIS IS FROM A COMMUNITY PERSON WHO COINED THIS TERM AND THE INVISIBILITY OF CAREGIVERS.
OCCASIONALLY A DOCTOR MIGHT SAY, HOW ARE YOU DOING BUT ONCE THE PERSON LIVING WITH DEMENTIA DIES, NOBODY IS LOOKING AT YOU ANYMORE.
>> Ted: UP TO 25% OF CAREGIVERS, DEPRESSION, LONELINESS AND FIND BEST PRACTICES?
>> WHO IT WILL HAPPEN TO AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM OUT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY WORLD, THEY CREATE THESE NEW STRATEGIES FOR HELPING FOLKS AND WHAT WE'LL DO, HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT WORKS AND MAYBE SOMEBODY STRUGGLING CAN USE THAT STRATEGY.
>> Ted: EARLY ON, ARE YOU LEARNING ANYTHING SO FAR?
>> A TON.
WE'RE GETTING TO TALK TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE HAD THESE EXPERIENCES OR GOING THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
ONE GUY LIKES GOLFING AND BOWLING AND CAN HANG OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS AND DO IT IN A FEWER STROKES AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR MAYBE THEY'RE A PLUMBER, EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW.
>> Ted: KEEPING BUSY, STAYING ACTIVE AND NOT FOCUSING ON OBSESSING ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO, MAYBE FINDING NEW ACTIVITIES, LIKE THE GOLFING AND BOWLING?
>> IT'S OK TO FEEL GRIEF.
WE ALL FEEL GRIEF WHEN WE LOSE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, BUT NOT STAYING STUCK AND MOVING FORWARD, FINDING MORE TO LIFE AFTERWARDS.
>> Ted: 725 FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE AND THIS IS A THREE-YEAR STUDY?
>> YES.
>> Ted: IS THIS, BASICALLY, SITTING DOWN AND TALKING TO FOLKS?
>> WE DO IT OVER THE PHONE AND DON'T MAKE THEM SIT AND WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND EXPANDING IT INTERNATIONALLY RIGHT NOW, TOO.
>> Ted: ARE YOU EXPECTING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES?
>> WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR THEM AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCES, SO WE KNOW THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE MORE CUMULATIVE LOSS, RIGHT.
THEY EXPERIENCE MORE DEATH AND HIGHER RATES OF DEMENTIA.
MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK IS COMMON AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHICH IS GOOD AND BAD.
IT MEANS YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF AND YOU SEE DIE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN SUPPORT YOU AFTERWARDS.
>> Ted: THAT'S INTERESTING.
I WOULD THINK A COMMUNITY MIGHT BE THERE TO HELP YOU AFTER YOUR LOVED ONE HAS PASSED AND THE COMMUNITY MEANS MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF.
>> DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.
>> Ted: YOU'LL CALL, FIND INFORMATION AND FOLKS WHO GOT PASSED IT BY DOING X, Y AND Z AS THE RESEARCH STUDY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Ted: HOW MUCH ARE WE LEARNING MORE?
WE DO A LOT ON ARIZONA HORIZON ON CAREGIVING AND THERE'S ALWAYS NEW INFORMATION.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS I FOCUS ON THIS BEREAVEMENT CONTEXT, I CAN PONT YOUPOINT YOU TO DOZENS OF COLLEAGUES DOING THIS AND TWO OR THREE WORKING OB ON IT AFTERWARDS AND A HOLE TO FILL.
>> Ted: YOU NEED SUBJECTS TO RESEARCH, IF YOU WILL.
SOMEONE IS WATCHING THIS SAYING, OH, BOY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE ME.
>> GO TO FORMERDEMENTIACARE.EDU.
>> WE'RE NOT READY TO RECRUIT THEM YET AND SOMEONE WHO IS FROM MEXICO MAY NOT SPEAK THE SAME SPANISH AS SOMEONE FROM ECUADOR AND DEFINITELY COMING.
>> Ted: A GOOD WORK THERE AND ZACHARY BAKER FROM THE COLLEGE OF NURSING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
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