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Article History

Received: 25 September 2025

Accepted: 9 February 2026

First Online: 7 April 2026

Competing interests

: Walter D. Dawson reports grants and contracts with Alzheimer’s Association (25IGPCC_B_1452863), Global Brain Health Institute/Alzheimer’s Association (GBHI ALZ UK-20-640170), Latin American Brain Health Institute (#BL-SRGP2021-03), Health Resources & Services Administration (Byerly: U1Q53044), Oregon Health Authority (#171319, #181511, #181488, #179517), all outside of this work. Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres reports he is the Director and a founding board member of Walking the Talk for Dementia and Institutional Development Leader at the International Longevity Center Brazil. Jonathan Adrián Zegarra-Valdivia reports nothing to disclose. Lingani Mbakile-Mahlanza reports grants and contracts from Alzheimer’s Association (AARGD-20-684926) and Global Brain Health Institute/Alzheimer’s Association (GBHI ALZ UK-20-642246). Kate Irving reports serving on the Founding Board of Walking the Talk for Dementia and the Board of the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland. She also reports grants from the COST action Dementia and Ethics EDEM (COST Action CA21137) and Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Scheme. Sherril B. Gelmon reports leadership roles as Person and Public Involvement Chair and Executive Committee Member, Partnering with Research Participants Professional Interest Area, ISTAART, Alzheimer’s Association. The authors’ ICMJE disclosure forms describing these competing interests have been provided as supplementary material.