Race, Gender, and Late‐life Productive Activities and Dementia in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

Scholars have not addressed if productive activities, like working and volunteering, can mitigate Black vs. White racial disparities in incident dementia among older adults. We hypothesized: working vs. not, and volunteering vs. not, will reduce dementia risk and decrease racial disparities in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) study.