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		African American Dementia & Aging Project (AADAPt)
Center Information publications events calendar volunteering for clinical studies brain images Alzheimer's Update newsletter links of interest contact us AADAPt Information summary data personnel		The overall goal of the African American Dementia and Aging Project (AADAPt) is to establish 100 African-American seniors residing in the Portland/Vancouver Metropolitan area who will undergo regular follow-up assessments in order to determine the incidence and specific risk factors for age-related problems related to memory loss. Oregon has perhaps a realtively unique challenge in reaching our African American minority group in that the number of elderly African Americans is relatively small, consisting of only 3,800 individuals over the age of 65 in the entire state (U.S. Census 2000). Thus we are trying to reach a minority group among minorities in our area. Despite these challenges, AADAPt has been highly successful. We have enrolled over 100 highly committed individuals in the study and continue to follow them at 6-month intervals. We have also been able to share our data, as requested, with researchers from all over the United States.