I'm told begins.

>> Thank you so much, Toby.

According to the Alzheimer's Association, Black Americans are twice as likely to develop dementia than white Americans and to do to socioeconomic challenges.

They don't always have the access or resources to get treatment or even get a diagnosis to address that gap.

Jackie Floyd volunteers with the Alzheimer's Association to lead a group for caregivers in West Louisville.

>> The last I experienced in the past was my husband.

>> He passed in 2013.

He had Lewy body dementia.

He also had park a son.

He had colon cancer.

So he went downhill rather fast.

My mother, she just had dementia with have blood pressure single lasted about 10 years.

Okay.

I was a slowly the K*** for high with the husband.

His was a sort of wrap it because I think it was like with the 3 years that was assess of time.

In my life.

But I was caring for both of them.

I didn't know anything about all timers.

I didn't know anything about didn't need to oust this really everything about it.

But what I've noticed.

Is that we did have a support group in the West and in the black community, all the support groups work one way out.

This is like.

I'll kind of this program started in the file.

The gala support group.

It's not going to educate, but to that that support and I'm talking about, I didn't want to be where they would come me and we're talking to them and given them the information I wanted to hear from them.

How we can work with them to meet their needs.

I just want us to be a true supporter group that they could college out.

They can connect with each other.

They call it the o'clock that morning.

You know, if they want, if they all they want to do is just listen to that of the first class on the telephone because we you feel this court.

You know that you can call somebody how you can meet with the matter for Kyle thing.

It just feels so good that you not somebody else is going to do that.

But you've got to, you know, need that.

He told that to you.

You don't need those complicated terms of that.

Pray sales, blah, blah, Blau, you know, they by 8 Akron kitchen.

He'll write them.

>> But what about the last fall?

Get ready.

That aside.

>> And get your needs met so you can make sure that your loved one.

Is it a safe environment?

And take care of USF if it means taken alone high sour.

I sitting on the from poor.

You're losing your loved one.

If you care for them, yes, lonely.

Removing there.

And it's important that you lose is selfish and losing them.

>> Vice from is Floyd there.

The group meets the first Tuesday of the month at 11:00AM.

at elder serve in West