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2:00 PM Pacific

Presented by ASA's Network on Multicultural Aging (NOMA): Part of Virtual AiA20

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*Includes Complimentary CE credits

If you require ADA accommodation to participate in this web seminar, please contact Steve Moore at your earliest convenience to make arrangements – smoore@asaging.org

COVID-19 does not discriminate. But those on the frontlines - health and social service providers care providers - say that in responding to the pandemic - they have seen familiar patterns of bias, and ethnic and racial disparities. A diverse group of speakers, from throughout the country, will share the challenges they have seen first-hand, experienced by racially and ethnically diverse older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear about how our communities fared – the challenges, lessons learned, best practices for the future, and possible next steps.

Participants in this web seminar will be able to:

  • Gain an understanding on how the pandemic has uniquely impacted racially and ethnically diverse older adults
  • Examine the role that social determinants of health has played in the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Analyze why the daily disruptions, social isolation, and health and economic hardships caused by COVID-19 are more deeply felt in multicultural communities
  • Hear how care providers are incorporating best practices when serving racial and ethnically diverse older adults, and solutions to better prepare for future public health crises

Presenters:

Jennifer%20M%20Figueroa-Delgago.jpgDr. Jennifer Figueroa-Delgado is an Housecalls Adult Nurse Practitioner in upstate New York and a professional mentor to nursing students. She attended University of Puerto Rico for her Bachelors in Nursing Sciences, her masters degree from the College of Mt Saint Vincent in 2009 and received her doctoral degree from Grand Canyon University in 2018. 

 

 

 

Shawna%20Golson%20Headshot.jpgShawna Golson has been an Activity Professional for 11 years. She's worked with children of special needs and currently with the geriatric community. She plans, organizes, andsometimes develops recreational/ life preferences to residents who reside in long term care facilities.  

 

 

 

Denny%20Chan%20Headshot.jpgDenny Chan, JD, Senior Staff Attorney, Justice in Aging is Senior Staff Attorney at Justice in Aging and is based in Los Angeles, CA, where he works on issues facing dual eligibles in California and federally. He also has experience with issues related to non-discrimination in healthcare and civil rights more broadly. Internally, Denny helps coordinate the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Denny is a member of the California bar and is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He received his BA from the University of Michigan.

 

 

Bird%2C%20Michael%206406%20copy.jpgMichael Bird is the Public Health Director at the Indian Health Council. Michael, a KewaPueblo/OhkayOwingehPueblo Indian, has over 25 years of public health experience. He is the first American Indian and social worker to serve as President (2000-2001) of the American Public Health Association and the AARP National Policy Council.