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UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative

Providing free community and health professional programs focused on geriatric training and education. Through federal funding, we will provide programs covering a variety of topics including Alzheimer's disease and dementia, Opioid Education, Chronic Pain, Mind and Body Programs and many others!

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The UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative’s mission (AGEC) is to provide high-quality programs that support healthy aging in Arkansas for older adults.

First Responder Dementia Training

The First Responder Dementia Online Training has a registration form and 6 modules. It is designed to take one module at a time or all at once.

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UAMS Age Wise Podcast

Experts from the Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) talk about a variety of health topics related to older adults while providing educational tips and resources.

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The UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program under grant #U1QHP28723.

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Newsletter & Announcements

From the Director’s Desk

Winter 2022 Newsletter By Robin McAtee, PhD, RN, FACHE, Director, Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC), a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging (DWR IOA) Happy New Year to all of you from the Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative staff! As we have attempted […]

Taking a Deeper Look at Aducanumab

Winter 2022 Newsletter By Jasmine (Sea) An, PharmD, PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Resident, and Lisa C Hutchison, PharmD, MPHUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy In June 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-of-its-kind monoclonal antibody indicated for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment or […]

New Year. New Goals. New Supplements? The Use of Probiotics in Senior Adults

Winter 2022 Newsletter By Alicia S. Landry, PhD, RD, LDN, SNSDepartment of Nutrition and Family SciencesUniversity of Central Arkansas Dietary supplements can be casually grouped into a broad category of vitamins and minerals – multivitamins – that can be taken once daily to help meet the dietary recommendations of certain age groups. However, the dietary […]

Preventing Suicide in the Aging Population

Winter 2022 Newsletter By S. Mark Foster, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC and Jessica Erin Camp, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NE-BC, CDPCollege of Nursing & Health ProfessionsArkansas State University Suicide is a significant issue in the aging population. Rates of suicide are acutely high among men ages 85 and older, who have the highest rate of any group […]

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