WHAT: Two Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professorship lectures open to the public.

WHO: Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing.

WHERE: The Coralville Public Library and the College of Public Health Building (217).

WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Coralville Public Library, and 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the College of Public Health.

WHY: Beverly has dedicated her career to ensuring that all older adults receive the highest quality health care. She is directly responsible for the establishment and operation of the nationally acclaimed Arkansas Aging Initiative (AAI), a network of eight regional Centers on Aging located geographically throughout the state. As a result of the AAI network, 90 percent of elderly Arkansans and their caregivers are no more than an hour’s drive from quality geriatric health care.

Beverly will be presenting on the challenges in providing care to the growing number of elders in Iowa, including how applying the “Arkansas experience” could greatly benefit Iowans.

She is also available for media interviews with advance requests.

Read more about the 2013 Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professorship here.