Caring for Native Elders - Let's Share Best Practices!

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The aim of this workshop is to provide insight into the perspectives of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) elders. Their world view is different and like all older adults, their past impacts their present. This lifespan perspective can help to build your skills in serving Native elders as you develop relationships and trust. Learn how other communities have found good ways to interact and explore ways you can start the conversation. Together let’s find ways to make meaningful personal connections with Native elders. We can support them in aging with dignity and discover practical ways to interact and build positive relationships. Many in the audience will have thoughtful suggestions and your wisdom and insights can only enrich the discussion.

Rebecca Owl Morgan

Project Coordinator

National Indian Council on Aging

Rebecca Owl Morgan is a Project Coordinator at the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA). She is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians located in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. She has degrees in history and library science. Her work at NICOA has highlighted the strengths and proud history of Native people and the helpful tools elders can use to become powerful self-advocates for themselves and their tribe.

Xavier Vaughn (Moderator)

Program Manager of Medicare

AARP

Xavier Vaughn is a Program Manager of Medicare at the AARP. He also provided technical assistance for Benefits Enrollment Centers and Senior SNAP Grantees in the Midwest and Southeast. Prior to AARP and NCOA, Vaughn was the MIPPA Coordinator for the SHIP in Missouri. He currently serves on the board for the Paula J. Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging at Lincoln University. Vaughn received his Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Truman State University and his Master of Public Health from the University of Alabama – Birmingham.