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Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative

Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative

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NEW! Online Family Caregiver Workshop

Online Program for Caregivers by UAMS AGEC

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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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Our Mission

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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Our Funding

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

Exercise with Ageless Grace

Join us every Wednesday on Facebook for free brain health exercise!

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Newsletter & Announcements

From the Director’s Desk

Summer 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) Wow, what a “hot” summer we are all experiencing.  Therefore, I want to send out a special […]

Nutritional Biomarkers of Age-Related Muscle Loss

Summer 2022 Newsletter By David Church, PhD, CSCS*DDepartment of Geriatrics, College of MedicineUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Skeletal muscle mass, function, and strength decline with increasing age, a condition that has been coined “sarcopenia”1. Sarcopenia increases the risk of deleterious health conditions and represents a major financial cost to healthcare systems. Among older adults […]

Do you know the signs of elder abuse?

Summer 2022 Newsletter By Matthew Harmon, MSN, RN, CNESchool of NursingArkansas State University Older adults (over the age of 65) are commonly a target of abuse. In fact, one in six older adults are affected by some type of elder abuse. When one thinks of abuse, one may think of physical violence. In fact, the […]

Preparing the Rising Generation of Healthcare Professionals

Summer 2022 Newsletter By Denise Demers, PhD, CHES and Darshon Reed, PhDUniversity of Central ArkansasDepartment of Health Sciences and Department of Psychology With the recent exponential growth of the aging population (from 13.1% in 2010 to 16.9% in 2020) and the projected growth by 2050 reaching 22% of the total population in the nation (U.S. […]

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