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With the largest generation of Americans ever entering the latter stages of life and people living longer than ever before, it's crucial to ensure that state-of-the-art technology, research and patient care is readily available.
Welcome to the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, where the needs of an aging generation are met with the highest standards of service, research and care currently available.
Established through a $28.8 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the Reynolds Institute on Aging recognizes that by the end of the next decade there will be as many retired Americans as there are children, and that the focus of health care must shift from merely keeping people alive longer to making those later years healthier and more productive. In other words, the focus is not adding years to life; rather, it's adding life to years.
UAMS Aging Institute Recieves $33.4 Million From Reynolds Foundation
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today received $33.4 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the second-largest gift ever awarded to UAMS.
Reynolds Foundation Chairman Fred W. Smith and Foundation President Steven L. Anderson announced the gift to Reynolds Institute Director Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D, UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., and many other dignitaries and employees at a ceremony on the UAMS campus.
The lion’s share of the funds, $30.4 million, will pay for construction of four additional floors (55,000 square feet) on top of the existing Reynolds Institute on Aging, and a pedestrian walkway that will connect the building to the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute a block away. ....Full Story
Arkansas Praised for Nursing Home Improvement Campaign
UAMS has helped Arkansas become a national leader in nursing home reforms, earning praise and a recent visit from Carol Benner, field director of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign.....Full Story
Carolyn Kirkpatrick Honored for Service to UAMS Aging Institute Board
Carolyn Kirkpatrick’s dedication to the Community Advisory Board of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging has earned her the 2009 Jo Ellen Ford Distinguished Service Award........Full Story
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