With the largest generation of Americans entering the latter stages of life coupled with our longer life expectancy, it is crucial that patient care is readily available. The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has just announced that it has received grants totalling $33.4 million for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The grants will be used to build four floors (55,000 square feet) at the facility as well as $3 million toward care giver training program that will be instituted at the regional centers in Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Jonesboro, and West Memphis.

UAMS provides several senior health services. The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging has a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of Arkansas seniors. The Longevity Clinic is one of the south’s largest primary care clinics specifically for seniors. U.S. News & World Report named the UAMS Department of Geriatrics to their top ten list for graduate programs for the past seven years. Other senior services include the Eye Institute, the Cancer Institute and the Myeloma Institute.