The “How-To” videos and resource guides for family caregivers are on specific medical/nursing tasks – including preparing special diets, managing incontinence, wound care, mobility, and managing medications. The videos and resource guides, many of which are available in both English and Spanish, are free of charge.

More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt.

Enjoy live music while learning about the effect music has on your brain

Interested in the relationship between music and Alzheimer’s? Music can help with brain health. Enjoy live music during this hour-long brain-themed Happy Hour.

When: Thursday, June 25 at 4 p.m.
 

Mindy Fain, MD

Title: Professor, Department of Medicine

Described as: A role model

What her nominators said: Dr. Fain listened to what I loved to do, and then she helped tailor a position that would allow me to embrace my passions, while also prodding me to venture into other areas in which I had no prior experience. She has connected and guided, challenged and encouraged, and grounded and elevated a multitude of professionals.

Grab a cold drink and join us for these interactive events!
At each event we will dive into a different topic of interest related to healthy brain aging, caregiving, and Alzheimer’s disease.

The virus that causes COVID-19 is new and mysterious, presenting more questions than answers. But University of Arizona Health Sciences immunobiologists are laying the groundwork to answer some of those questions. Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, lead a team devoted to developing a COVID-19 antibody test, which is different from the test that detects if someone is infected with the virus.