In the article Helen talks about her experiment with her mom having Alzheimer’s and how some tribes say that it is just the becoming of old age. She also explains some ways to cope with Alzheimer’s and explains how it affects her and this gives me an idea how people can be affected. I feel that this article is good for those who struggle with someone who may have Alzheimer's. Another thing is that Helen is right about the things she shared such as “people with Alzheimer’s need to feel safe, secure and loved” . I agree with this because you cannot leave someone who needs love the most and that can cause depression for someone who is struggling with Alzheimer's. 

I watched a video about understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia. It was a good video. It talks about how the brain works and how it gets affected with Alzheimer's. They also talk about some resources that could help people who may have an early stage of Alzheimer's. The video was a record zoom and where they present what Alzheimer's is and how and they asked questions and what they should know when forgetting things come to a point and how they should handle it. I feel like the video could help out a lot of people because they explain things really well and how things work. 

When reading this article about Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementia in US Native American A Major public health concern this made me realize that not many natives know any early stages of Alzheimer's and how not many people have health insurance and it is concerning. Also knowing that native US culture activities cure Alzheimer’s disease or help them cope with Alzheimer's disease. 

by: PBS. org 

This video talked about how Natives are high at risk and how native are harder to research and build trust with. There have only been less than five brains that have been donated from natives. They also say how Natives are hesitant about volunteering for medical research. 

I think that this video was talking about how they are wanting more native people to donate and volunteer so they can do some more research. the only thing is many Natives believe when you died you died with all your body parts, that is what causes researchers to have a hard time getting data. 

By: Sahar Takshi, Senior Attorney for Equity Advocacy 

This article talks about how natives can get affected badly from federal cuts, including tribal elders who may be forced to rely on unpaid care and having family members provide 90% of the caregiving. It also talks about how natives can experience racism or cultural disrespect. HCBS is really a good impact on communities  having services that are only moderately available on tribal lands without these services, many elders having to travel out of there communities to get proper care, and without these resources, that could cause affect on their health.

For this action plan I went to the middle schoolers and I presented about Alzheimer's. I explain what the causes are and the effects about Alzheimer's. I also had them fill out a survey asking questions on what they learn and if they already knew about this dementia. 

For my second action plan I went to the jemez seinor center. I had presented some resources and some ways to keep a healthy brain. The seniors asked me great questions helping me better understand. We also played a couple rounds of bingo to keep their brains thinking.