Health
Office of the Surgeon General of the Air Force
The Office of the Air Force Surgeon General (AF/SG) develops and implements medical programs and policies that provide for the health care of active duty and retired military personnel and their families.
Olmstead Rights
The purpose of the website is to provide resources and information about the Olmstead v. LC Supreme Court decision. The 1999 Supreme Court decision was based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This website provides Olmstead stories in its "I am Olmstead" pages, self-help tools and resources, and legal advocacy tools.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Overview
PTSD is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to an extreme traumatic stress involving direct or indirect threat of death, serious injury or a physical threat. The trauma may be experienced alone (rape or assault) or in the company of others (military combat). The events that can cause PTSD are called "stressors." They include natural disasters (floods, earthquakes), accidental man-made disasters (car accidents, airplane crashes, large fires) or deliberate man-made disasters (bombing, torture, death camps). Symptoms include recurrent thoughts of a traumatic event, reduced involvement in work or outside interests, hyper alertness, anxiety and irritability. The disorder apparently is more severe and longer lasting when the stress is of human design.
Prescription Drug Programs For The Needy
A national non-profit information resource dedicated to helping people locate assistance programs to help them afford their medications and other healthcare costs.
Protection and Advocacy Fact Sheet, Medicaid Fair Hearings
Guidance on your rights to a fair hearing if Medicaid benefits are denied, reduced or terminated.
Responding to Elder Mistreatment from All Angles: Legal and Healthcare Perspectives
Learn from some of our community partners how they approach addressing and preventing elder abuse.
SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
SCDDSN is the state agency that plans, develops, overseas, and funds services for South Carolinaians with severe, lifelong disabilities of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury in spinal cord, injury, and conditions related to each of these for disabilities. Their mission is to assist people with disabilities and their families and meeting needs, pursuing possibilities, and achieving life goals. Find resources and information about their services on their website.
Self-Help Assistance for Mental Health Consumers
Helps connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and offers expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.
Sexuality in the Nursing Home
This document discusses reasons why residents might show sexual interests in others and how to deal with inappropriate behavior.
South Carolina Access
SC Access is YOUR guide to available resources for older adults, people with disabilities, their family members and caregivers in South Carolina. It is a program of the Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging.