Alzheimer’s disease


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…


March 6, 2018

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held March 21

Ben Boulden

March 6, 2018 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop March 21 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…


November 14, 2017

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Discusses Latest Developments

Benjamin Waldrum

Harry Johns, left, with Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Sue Griffin, Ph.D., and Steve Barger, Ph.D. at a reception prior to the STOP Alzheimer's Forum on Oct. 30.

Nov. 14, 2017 | The head of the world’s leading voluntary health association in Alzheimer’s care, support and research had a message for a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum: stay the course. Several dozen people filled the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Oct. 30 to hear Harry…


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…


February 3, 2017

Free Family Caregiver Workshops to be held Feb. 23, March 2

Ben Boulden

  FORT SMITH – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold free family caregiver workshops Feb. 23 and March 2 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The identical workshops will be held 1-5 p.m….


Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held Feb. 23

Ben Boulden

EL DORADO – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop on Feb. 23 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m….



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