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Volume 09

February 15-16, 2019 Amsterdam| Netherlands

Vascular Dementia

International Conference on

Vascular Dementia 2019

Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism | ISSN : 2161-0460

Impact of an African drumming for dementia program on African

Americans with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s

disease and their caregivers

ersons of African decent living in the United States have a disproportionately high rate

of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), experience a high-rate of AD-related health disparities,

are underrepresented in AD research and are less likely to be evaluated and treated during

early stages of the disease. There is an urgent need to develop, implement and assess

culturally relevant non-pharmacological interventions which may help to improve daily

functioning and quality of life of African American patients living with AD. African

drumming may be particularly beneficial for African Americans living with AD. This

culturally relevant approach to a music intervention has the potential to impact behavioral

expressions AD, social and cognitive functioning, while simultaneously enhancing pride

and self-esteem. In this presentation, I will present the results of a pilot open trial which

examined the African drums for dementia program among individuals living with mild

cognitive impairment (MCI) and early stage dementia (N=30) and their caregivers (N=30).

Overall satisfaction, with the programwas high among individuals living withAD and their

caregivers. Further, the African drumming for dementia had a positive effect on memory

recall, mood, quality of life, and self-esteem among patients and among caregivers. This

intervention improved mood, self-perceived community and support, quality of life, self-

esteem and reduced caregiver burden. Results from this pilot trial provide preliminary

evidence that African drumming is an in-expensive, innovative, and culturally meaningful

therapeutic mechanism that can result in measurable improvements for people, African

Americans in particular, with dementia and their caregivers. Implications for practice and

future research in this area will be discussed.

Conclusions:

Very high percentage of multi drug resistance to the commonly

used antibiotics including emerging multi drug resistant

Burkholderia cepacia

and

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

in NICUs in Bangladesh is alarming and challenge to the

management of neonatal sepsis. Continuous surveillance for antibiotic susceptibility is

needed to ensure proper empirical therapy.

Biography

Kyaien O Conner is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida in the College of Behavioral

and Community Sciences. She has completed her Post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Training in Geriatric

Psychiatry and has been a Researcher with the NIH funded Late Life Depression Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Her

research examines health disparities facing older adults from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds and develops

and tests novel strategies to eliminate disparities and ensure culturally relevant treatments for older adults

living with dementia. Her approaches are community-based, and build upon the strengths and resources

available in communities.

koconner@usf.edu

Kyaien O Conner

University of South Florida, USA

Kyaien O Conner, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2019, Volume 09

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C1-060