In this episode of CNTV News, Brad and Quin shed light on Long-Term Care Awareness Month and Chickasaw Nation programs that support those in need of long-term care. Long-term care refers to services that assist people with daily living activities like nutrition, bathing and dressing.

Brad and Quin talk with Shelly McClendon, director of Chickasaw Long-Term Health Programs. These programs are available to any Chickasaw citizen in the country, not only those living in southern Oklahoma. Additionally, Shelly describes the Native American Caregiver Program, a federal program that offers support, counseling, resources and more to caregivers of elders, loved ones with disabilities or kinship raising kin. For full details on the variety of programs the Chickasaw Nation offers, call (580) 795-9790.

Next in the episode, Brad and Quin head to Tishomingo, OK, where the new Elder Housing Complex has opened its doors! Here, the Chickasaw Nation built eight new duplex homes that provide elders with independence, community and care.

The Chickasaw Nation also had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new branch of the Chickasaw Community Bank, located in Ada, OK. For over two decades, this bank has supported the financial goals of its customers across the country.

To close the episode, the Chickasaw Nation designates the interchange of I-35 & East 33rd Street in Edmond, OK as the Ambassador Neal McCaleb Memorial Interchange. Neal McCaleb dedicated his life to serving Chickasaws and First Americans throughout the U.S. He spent many decades working to improve roads and infrastructure in Oklahoma, then in 1987 became the state's first Secretary of Transportation. He went on to serve at the federal level, working as the Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior-Indian Affairs. Ambassador McCaleb passed away in early 2025 but spent his life as an advocate for First American tribal sovereignty and cared deeply about the success of the Chickasaw Nation and First Americans everywhere.