Kindrick joins Sparks SeniorCare Behavioral unit
by July 6, 2015 4:14 pm 216 views
Dr. Kristi Kindrick has joined Sparks Regional Medical Center’s geriatric-psychiatric unit, SeniorCare Behavioral Health. She will treat seniors who are admitted into the hospital.
Kindrick’s primary focus will be caring for patients suffering from dementia, but she also works with other psychiatric illnesses including management of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction psychiatry in the general population.
“I think there is a sort of grace that you see in our aging population,” she said. “Helping them in a very difficult time is so meaningful and fulfilling, not only because it can impact their lives, but it also impacts the lives of their loved ones.”
Sparks SeniorCare Behavioral Health is the area’s only geriatric psychiatry inpatient program. The program, which features a comfortable 23-bed inpatient unit, complete with open areas for group and individual activities, recreation and dining, specializes in the acute care of dementia, depression and other mental health concerns of adults age 55 and above.
Kindrick earned her degree from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine in Little Rock in 2009 and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Arkansas Tech University in 2004. She and her husband have three children.