dementia


March 28, 2019

UAMS Hosts Alzheimer’s Seminar for Kids

David Wise

Alzhiemer's Seminar for Kids

FAYETTEVILLE – When a loved one has Alzheimer’s disease, it affects everyone in the family, including children and grandchildren. Therefore, the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale is offering a free program for kids April 6 to help them learn to cope with what can be a very stressful and confusing time…


April 23, 2018

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be May 10 in Fayetteville

Ben Boulden

April 23, 2018 | The Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 10 in Fayetteville for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open…


April 18, 2018

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be May 3 in Ft. Smith

Ben Boulden

April 18, 2018 | The West Central Center on Aging of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 3 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be…


March 27, 2018

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be April 17 in Little Rock

Ben Boulden

March 27, 2018 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop April 17 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be…


December 12, 2017

Dementia Update Educates Health Care Professionals, Caregivers

Ben Boulden

Dec. 12, 2017 | If nothing improves in dementia care in the next three decades, then by 2050 taking care of people with dementia will cost $1 trillion annually in the United States, a guest speaker warned Dec. 2 during the Dementia Update conference at UAMS. That speaker, Constantine Lyketsos, M.D., professor of psychiatry and…


November 27, 2017

Experience Symptoms of Dementia at Dec. 6 Simulation

Ben Boulden

Nov. 27, 2017 | The West Central Center on Aging, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will host a free event Dec. 6 to simulate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. “The Alzheimer’s/Dementia Experience: Take a Walk in Their Shoes” will be held from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.at the…


November 20, 2017

Reynolds Institute Celebrates Family Caregivers

Ben Boulden

Nov. 20, 2017 | When caring for someone with dementia, it’s vital to learn to love that person for being who they are now, rather than the memory of who they were, according to all three former family caregivers who participated  on a discussion panel as part of the celebration of caregivers at the UAMS…


October 23, 2017

Senior Expo Set for Nov. 3 in Jonesboro by UAMS Center on Aging-Northeast, Schmieding Program

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center on Aging-Northeast and UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program in Jonesboro will offer a free Senior Expo on Nov. 3 at Nettleton Baptist Church in Jonesboro. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church (formerly Northeast Arkansas Fairgrounds), 7001 E. Johnson Ave., seniors, their families…


August 21, 2017

Experience Symptoms of Dementia at Sept. 8 Simulation

Ben Boulden

The Schmieding Center for Senior Education, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will host a free event Sept. 8 to simulate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. “The Alzheimer’s/Dementia Experience: Take a Walk in Their Shoes” will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Schmieding Center at 2422…


April 25, 2017

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held May 9 in Conway

Ben Boulden

April 24, 2017 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 9 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held…



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