Dr Gershwin Davis of The University of the West Indies, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pathology and Researcher in Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease made a presentaion titled Dementia Prevalence in the Trinidad Population to the Alzheimer’s Association of Trinidad and Tobago (AzATT), Port of Spain Support Group, on 7 March 2020.
This was a summary of work undertaken onthe Trinidad National Survey of Ageing and Cognition by the Dementia Awareness and Research Group of Trinidad and Tobago (DARTT). Dr Davis gave a brief overview of the dementia condition and possible causes. This was followed by an overview of the research results.
His presentation included information on:
- Population health risk factors
- Prevalence by age and gender
- Comparison with other
- countries/regions
