TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Center for Mental Health and Aging is continuing its Scientific Seminar Series featuring nationally recognized researchers on campus.
Dr. Kathy C. Richards, professor and director of the Center for Research on Tailored Biobehavioral Interventions and co-director of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing, will discuss “Sleep in Persons with Dementia” in Thursday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. in 104 Little Hall on the UA campus.
Lunch will be provided at both presentations and continuing education units are available for social work and psychology.
The UA Center for Mental Health and Aging concentrates on the areas of elder care giving, mental health of rural elders, quality of care in nursing homes and palliative care and end-of-life issues. The center strives to facilitate collaborative relationships among UA faculty, graduate students, Alabama consumers and families of consumers of mental health services and human service delivery organizations on the local, state and federal levels.
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Corley Sartin or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu