Free Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Workshop Offered in Hot Springs Nov. 8

By Ben Boulden

The class will be held in the Garland County Library Auditorium. Reservations are required. To make a reservation, call the UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program at (501) 276-0945.

Lunch will be provided by the Oaklawn Center on Aging. Door prizes include a Kindle, a copy of The Coach Broyles’ Playbook for Alzheimer’s Caregivers, and a copy of The 36-Hour Day.

The class will cover daily living, communication, understanding behaviors, home safety, activities, caregiver stress, nutrition, skin care, incontinence management, body mechanics, personal care skills and local resources.

It will be taught by Tammie Townsend, R.N., coordinator of the UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program in Hot Springs, and Tamara Gordon, L.P.N., a nurse educator.

Caring for an older adult with dementia presents many special challenges to family members who provide the care and support to allow that person to stay in the home.  This training provides an overview of information on dementia and caregiving for anyone helping to provide unpaid care at home for an older adult with dementia.

The library will have books available on dementia/Alzheimer’s care for loan in the adult section of the library.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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