There are 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older living with dementia , and the risk is particularly high among the Indigenous population. CBS News Texas is looking into what's being done to protect those with the disease this Native American Heritage Month.

It's an alarming statistic. One in three Native American elders may develop Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Megan Dicken, with the International Association for Indigenous Aging, worked with search and rescue experts to write a 117-page wandering toolkit for those living with dementia and other brain disorders.

"Native Americans have the highest rates of Alzheimer's and dementia in the country. A lot of that has to do with comorbidities that we experience, because Nat

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