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Medicare/Medicaid
Benefits and Services - General Aging Benefits
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging
Medicaid Facts
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Medical Debt and Seniors: How Consumer Law Can Help
(Separate Website)
Americans are living longer, in part due to dramatic advances in medical care. One of the costs of longer life expectancies is that someone has to pay for this medical care. While access to quality medical care is essential for seniors and should be a universal right, it can leave them saddled with unmanageable medical debt. Consumer law remedies are critical in helping seniors avoid financial ruin due to overwhelming medical bills.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Medicare and You 2005
(Separate Website)
Summary of Medicare benefits, rights and obligations, and answers to the most frequently asked questions about Medicare.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care
(Separate Website)
This booklet explains: (1) Medicare covered skilled care; (2) your rights and protections, (3) where you can get help with questions. This document is available in PDF format.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Nursing Homes and Medicare
(Separate Website)
This link takes you to the Nursing Homes section of the Medicare.gov website. The purpose of this section is to provide visitors with information relating to Medicaid and Medicare certified nursing homes throughout the United States. It includes information on payment and patient rights, and a nursing home checklist which will help you evaluate the nursing homes that you visit. The site also includes a comparison of nursing homes by state.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title III
(Separate Website)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) secures equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in employment, public accommodations, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications. Title III of the ADA applies to public accommodations, which are private entities that are open to the public.
By: Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
Caring Today, Planning for Tomorrow
(Separate Website)
This brochure contains information about caring for your older relatives and about planning for your own elder years.
By: National Alliance for Caregiving
Choosing a Caregiver
(Separate Website)
A guide for individuals and families with special needs
By: SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
DisabilityInfo.gov, the comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resources
(Separate Website)
This web site provides a comprehensive list of the federal government's online information for people with disabilities. From the DisabilityInfo.gov home page you may select the category of information or services you're interested in from tabs at the top of the page. From the DisabilityInfo.gov home page you can also use the search function to look for any information by typing in related words.
By: First Gov - Your First Click is the U.S. Government
Elder Law
(Separate Website)
Senior citizens must deal with many legal issues. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the need to address these issues, and there is now an area of practice known as elder law. Elder law is specifically designed to address the particular concerns of older citizens. By looking at the whole picture, before a crisis occurs, a plan can be developed to carry out your wishes to the greatest extent possible. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Elder Law - Online Research Resources
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Elder Resource Guide
(Separate Website)
Guide to finding resources for senior citizens in areas such as state government programs, financial assistance, housing, health care, long-term care, legal assistance, consumer law/crime prevention, and disability. PDF document (may load slowly).
Family Matters.
(Separate Website)
A Guide for Adult Brothers and Sisters of People with Learning Disabilities
By: SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
Health Information in Asian Languages
(Separate Website)
These pages contain health information in English and the following languages: Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese.
By: Tufts University
Health Licensing
(Separate Website)
Health Licensing has the ultimate goal of ensuring that individuals receiving care and services from health care activities licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), are provided appropriate care and services in a manner and, in an environment that promotes their health, safety, and well-being.
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Health-Related Information for People with Disabilities
(Separate Website)
Find health-related information from the Federal government for people with disabilities from this section of the DisabilityInfo.gov web site, including information about: Children and Youth Developmental Disability, Cost, Disability Statistics, Health Rights, Long Term Services and Supports, Managed Care, Medicare and Medicaid, Mental Health, Occupational Safety, Prevention, Private Health Insurance, Quality, Specific Health Conditions and Disabilities, Substance Abuse, Veterans, and Women and Minorities.
By: First Gov - Your First Click is the U.S. Government
Home Health and Long Term Care
(Separate Website)
DHEC Home Health Services understands that "home" is where patients of any age want to be when they are sick. If you have just returned from a stay in the hospital or if you are having temporary or chronic health problems, we are here to provide you with the best home health care we can possibly deliver.
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Home Health Care Companies (Search and Compare)
(Separate Website)
From this web site you may search for home health companies near you and compare them.
By: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Long Term Care - Help For Health
(Separate Website)
This web page contains a number of resources to help you understand your rights relating to long term care (nursing homes, assisted living centers, home health aids).
By: National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
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Referral Finder
(Separate Website)
