All South Carolinians age 16 and older are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. "Don't wait... vaccinate!"
If you need help finding assisted living, transportation, financial assistance, or other services, please visit GetCareSC.com
Each May, we celebrate Older Americans Month to recognize our state's older residents. Older adults have built resilience and strength over their lives through successes, failures, joys, and difficulties. Their stories and contributions help to support and inspire others. To help honor our state's older adults, Governor Henry McMaster has proclaimed May as "Older Americans Month" in South Carolina. To read the proclamation in it's entirety, click on the link above.
The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) is a seasonal USDA grant program that provides participants with access to fresh, nutritious, unprocessed fruits and vegetables from local farmers’ markets and is designed to increase awareness and use of community markets. Between May 1 and June 1, you may click the link above to apply online for Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program vouchers.
The Vulnerable Adult Guardian ad Litem (VAGAL) program within the S.C. Department on Aging is looking for new volunteers. If you or someone you know would be interested in volunteering to advocate for adults 18+ who are served by the program and have been abused, neglected, exploited, or are no longer able to provide care for themselves, please click on the link above to view upcoming training information.
Beginning May 5, 2021, the Trident Area Agency on Aging will host a series of virtual trainings that aims to help members of the public understand the complexities of Medicare. Advanced registration is required. A complete list of topics can be accessed by clicking on "View the Schedule" below.
