Resources for the Senior Community

Primary Focus Area is Healthy Futures – Access to Care and Obesity & Food objectives, providing social support, increasing health knowledge, promoting healthy lifestyles, preserving cultural food practices, fostering intergenerational connections. Supported by National Council of Aging

We will deliver the resources, tools, best practices, and advocacy our nation needs to ensure that every person can age with health and financial security. Because aging well for all is a matter of equity. A matter of dignity. And a matter of justice.

The Area Agency on Aging is the agency through which federal, state and local funds are processed to provide resources or referrals for older persons age 60 and older in Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah, and Wagoner counties. National Family Caregiver Assistance, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO), Outreach Services, Senior Nutrition Services, Transportation Services, and Health Promotion

CEC is committed to helping elders be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. Our goal is to help participants remain safely in their home and the community for as long as it is medically and socially feasible. By focusing on each participant's unique medical needs, we arrange for doctors, nurses and other special medical personnel to provide care to our elders, as well as a place in which this care can be provided. If you would like to find out more, please call us at (918) 453-5554 and speak to our friendly staff.

The Elder Services encourages our tribal citizens to be self-sufficient, ensure that vulnerable elders are protected, and provides services in a manner that acknowledges and preserves our tribal culture. Cherokee Nation citizens age 50 and above who are frail, low-income, who may have difficulty performing daily living functions, or who may be disabled may receive assistance. Special emphasis is placed on assisting elders who are geographically and socially isolated or who have limited English speaking ability.

For additional information call 918-453-5422 or 1-800-256-0671 toll-free.

Assistance will be given in the form of $75 for exclusive Keetoowah elders 55 and older who have an updated enrollment form and a completed Elder Assistance application.

Completed applications must be submitted in person or by mail to UKB Tribal Enrollment at 18263 W. Keetoowah Circle in Tahlequah. Faxed applications can also be accepted by sending it to 918-414-4004.