Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program


May 26, 2016

Institute on Aging Aims for Dementia Friendly Communities

Kelley Cooper

May 18, 2016 |  As the number of adults with dementia grows, so does the need for dementia-friendly communities. The UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging held a workshop for Schmieding Home Caregiver Training education directors on how to establish dementia-friendly communities in their regions. Education directors from El Dorado, Fort Smith, Hot Springs,…


February 17, 2016

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held March 7

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop March 7 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. at…


November 25, 2015

Two Schmieding-Trained Brothers Provide Care for Mother, Each Other

Ben Boulden

Nov. 25, 2015 | Brothers Ronald and J.C. Skipper don’t need to tell you about the virtues of home caregiving and love of family. They can just show it to you. When their mother, Willie Mae Skipper, began showing symptoms of vascular dementia at her home in Clarksdale, Miss., J.C. Skipper moved her to his…


November 10, 2015

Daughter Sees Aging Through Mother’s Eyes

Ben Boulden

Nov. 10, 2015 | When Denise Henderson contacted the UAMS Schmieding Caregiver Program, she was searching for help in knowing the best way to care for her mother, who had trouble seeing and breathing. Henderson’s mother, who lived in Hot Springs, had glaucoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disease in which a person’s internal…


November 4, 2015

Daughter Finds Help as Caregiver for Aging Parents

Ben Boulden

Nov. 4, 2015 | Cora Lee and Arthur “Ott” Ray had been partners in life for many years as they raised their children in Hot Springs. So when Cora Lee — long after the children had grown up and moved away — was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Ott took that partnership another step as he…


August 25, 2015

UAMS Schmieding Program Gets $7.9 Million from Reynolds Foundation

Ben Boulden

Aug. 25, 2015 | In another act of philanthropy to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) before ceasing operations, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given a $7.9 million grant to the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program. The $7.9 million grant will support operations for five years at the Schmieding program’s seven training…


February 12, 2015

UAMS Northwest Names Physical Therapy Skills Lab

ChaseYavondaC

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Northwest regional campus in Fayetteville today unveiled a name for a new teaching lab critical to its coming physical therapy program — the Schmieding Neurological Skills Lab.


October 8, 2013

UAMS Opens, Celebrates Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado

Ben Boulden

Oct. 8, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.


August 6, 2013

UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Facility in Hot Springs

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Aug. 2 celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Hot Springs, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.


April 16, 2013

UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Program in Little Rock

Ben Boulden

April 16, 2013 | Providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age, the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging celebrated the opening April 15 of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Little Rock.



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