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A specialized $350 million hospital to treat brain disorders will soon become a reality in South Carolina.
AARP South Carolina will advocate this year for lawmakers to increase the personal needs allowance in skilled nursing facilities.
In the upcoming legislative session, AARP South Carolina volunteers could help improve issues such as caregiving expenses, high utility costs or the lack of affordable housing.
AARP South Carolina advocates for important issues to older South Carolinians. The 2024 legislative session has ended. Here's a recap of what we accomplished thanks to our volunteers and members.
For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institution.
AARP is educating families about what to consider when choosing an assisted living facility and is pushing for legislative reforms to improve the safety and oversight of such facilities.
AARP South Carolina is developing plans for the 2024 presidential primaries, which will come earlier here than in most other states.
South Carolina’s 2023 legislative session kicked off earlier this week. AARP SC seeks volunteers to join in advocating for the issues important to older adults across the state.
AARP South Carolina State Director Charmaine Fuller Cooper issued the following statement in response to DHEC’s emergency suspension orders at four assisted living facilities in Richland and Charleston counties.
Federal funds are available to those who suffered financially from the pandemic to assist in the prevention of eviction and disconnection of essential services.
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