Shands HealthCare provides HealthCasts covering a wide variety of general health issues. Shands HealthCare is a private, not-for-profit healthcare system affiliated with the University of Florida and its Health Science Center campuses in Gainesville and Jacksonville. It includes eight Shands hospitals, two home-health agencies and more than 80 affiliated UF outpatient practices located throughout North Central and Northeast Florida. Our 13,000 employees, 3,500 volunteers and 1,500 UF and community physicians contribute to our excellent reputation and share a common vision, “The Science of Hope.”

Alzheimer's Disease

Welcome to Shands HealthCast, brought to you by Shands HealthCare. If you live in Alachua County and have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, then spend the next few minutes with Anthony Clarizio, Executive Director for ElderCare of Alachua County, as he tells you about Al’z Place. For more information about Al’z Place, call 352-265-9040, or visit Shands.org.