Sandy Kleffman

Roberta Randolph, of Oakland, Calif., left, laughs with her son-in-law Nathaniel Mason in the living room of his home. Randolph was diagnosed about eight years ago with Alzheimer's disease. African Americans are twice as likely as whites to get the disease, but are much less likely to be diagnosed.

Alzheimer’s more common in African-Americans

June 17, 2018 at 8:28 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The close-knit siblings began to notice little things about their mother, Roberta Randolph. She started to repeat phrases. She would drive somewhere and forget where she was...

African-Americans twice as likely as whites to get Alzheimer’s

August 22, 2021 at 10:23 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The close-knit siblings began to notice little things about their mother, Roberta Randolph. She started to repeat phrases. She would drive somewhere and forget where she was...

African-Americans twice as likely as whites to get Alzheimer’s

May 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The close-knit siblings began to notice little things about their mother, Roberta Randolph. She started to repeat phrases. She would drive somewhere and forget where she was...

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