National Family Caregiver Month Event Recognizes Caregivers
| The Schmieding Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the UAMS Texarkana Regional Center on Aging on Nov. 15 will honor Lenn Lee and JoAnn Ward with their local Caregiver of the Year award.
November is National Family Caregiver Month, and the public is invited to the award presentation. It will be presented during the Alzheimer’s Alliance event, immediately following a candle light service at 5:30 p.m. in the parlor of Williams Memorial United Methodist Church at 4000 Moores Lane, Texarkana, Texas. For more information, call the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging at 870-773-2030.
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 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 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.###