Senior Health Patient Stories
April 25, 2022
UAMS, Presbyterian Village Celebrate 8 Centenarians
For eight Little Rock women, it was the party of the century — all of their centuries. The ladies, all Presbyterian Village retirement community residents, were recently honored for having reached their 100th birthdays.
October 20, 2020
UAMS Researcher Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Bone Health, Exercise Connection
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how physical activity improves bone health, with possible implications for bone loss from osteoporosis and aging. Jinhu Xiong, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of…
May 6, 2016
UAMS South Central Center on Aging to Hold Free Family Caregiver Workshop May 26-27 in Pine Bluff
LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 26-27 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 8 a.m. – noon at the…
August 17, 2015
‘Lewy’s Here’: Popular Coach Shares Journey with Lewy Body Dementia
With his wife, Jennifer, by his side, the 62-year-old says he’s confident he’s got the best team of professionals with the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at UAMS as he faces a life that’s slipping away.Tom Webb knows a lot about building confidence, teaching strategy and working toward a goal as a team. “I was…
October 30, 2014
Ten Years of Blindness Ended
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. Sue Carter was successfully treated at the…
August 17, 2014
Aging Institute Helps Patient Thrive at 75
Note from Dr. Gohar Azhar: We reported in 2013 on Nancy Alewine’s adventures of zip-lining and skydiving from an airplane at 14,500 feet. Fast-track to 2016 and just a few weeks ago, at the age of 79, the remarkable Nancy Alewine successfully jumped off the 108th floor of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. The…
August 15, 2014
Patient, 88, Perseveres to Earn Graduate Degree
Shirley Pence, 88, has learned the open secret about aging: To be able to keep doing things, you need to keep doing things. “It’s about perseverance,” Pence said. A patient of Priya Mendiratta, M.D., in the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, surgery at UAMS for carpal…
April 17, 2014
You Should Know This Lady
If you live in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood near UAMS, maybe you have attended one of her “know your neighbors” front porch watermelon festivals. If you exercise in the Ottenheimer Fitness Center at Reynolds Institute, you recognize her as that “incredible 90-year-old woman who works out just about every day.” And if you are Paul…
December 10, 2013
Arthritis Patient Can Hold Wife’s Hand Again
After suffering from a severe condition of rheumatoid arthritis, Teddy Jones is now able to walk again. For four years, he spent his time either in his wheelchair or hospital bed. He was unable to do any of the activities outside that he enjoyed doing such as gardening and fishing. Teddy credits UAMS for his…
November 17, 2013
Walking Into a Healthier Lifestyle with SilverSneakers
After losing her husband of 47 years, Joyce Elrod felt a little lost herself. She had spent countless hours at the hospital with him before he passed away, and she was his constant caregiver for several years prior to his death. After his death, she gained some weight and became depressed. Months after her husband’s…
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