Tucker's Adult Health Day Care

08/05/2025

We had some joyful playtime in Pinckney Park yesterday! Nothing like swings, slides and jungle gyms to keep the inner child glowing.

07/29/2025

Sweet Carolineeeeeeee! Country roaaaaddd, take me homeeee! Scott Brennan and his wonderful wife Margo Brennan lit up the daycare with beautiful music on the guitar and banjo today. We had some slow dancing, some nostalgic tears flowing, and lots of singing along in this moving excursion down memory lane. They will be returning, hopefully once a month, to keep the good energy and magical tunes going. Thank you Brennans!

07/28/2025

July has been a wonderful month! A trip to Wiggins, exciting new games, watermelon, okra and tomato harvesting galore, and indoor ball play! We have been enjoying the summer and keeping cool.

07/04/2025

Happy Fourth! We celebrated all day yesterday and everyone left home joyous for the long weekend. We love setting up for special days together and making sure every person can get in the spirit, being in a real community makes all the difference.

06/30/2025

It is truly the season of herbs. Our raised plant beds are full of basil, chamomile, lavender, oregano and peppermint this year! We have been using the herbs as centerpieces for our activity tables to bring in a little aromatherapy and today we made different teas and learned all about the medicinal benefits of lavender, chamomile and peppermint.

06/30/2025

The seeds were sown, the plants were watered, and how the garden has grown! We are having a truly delightful, medicinal, active, nourishing summer of gardening here at our daycare program. The fruits of our labor have turned out delicious and the participants are in awe of nature's bounty. Nothing like a little time with mother earth for a daily dose of healing!

06/28/2025

🚨 URGENT: Help Protect Medicaid and Our Communities
Congress is moving fast on a bill that could make it much harder for people to get and keep Medicaid. A vote could happen as soon as this Friday.

This bill would hurt people with disabilities, older adults, and families with low incomes—especially here in South Carolina, where Medicaid is already hard to get.

If passed, the bill would:

⛔ Make people reapply for Medicaid every 6 months—this means more paperwork, more confusion, and more people losing coverage by mistake

⛔ Cut funding for home and community-based services, which could force people into nursing homes who want to live at home

⛔ Use a confusing definition of disability, leaving out people with invisible or changing conditions like mental health issues or brain injuries

⛔ Cut food assistance (SNAP) and programs that help people apply for and keep their Medicaid

These changes don’t help people. They make it harder to get care—and they’re moving fast, before most people even know it’s happening.

Experts Say This Bill Will Hurt People: No national disability organization supports this bill. Professionals in aging, health care, and civil rights have all warned that it will lead to more poverty, health problems, and people being forced into institutions.

✅ Here’s What You Can Do Right Now

📞 Call or email South Carolina’s U.S. Senators and tell them what Medicaid means to you!

📣 Spread the word. Post on social media. Talk to your family, coworkers, and community groups.

🗣️ Share your story. If you or someone you care about has been helped by Medicaid, SNAP, or home care services, tell your story. Real stories help lawmakers understand why this matters.

✍️ Need help writing or calling? We’ve got you covered.

Visit our action alert page to get access to what we've prepared for you: ablesc.salsalabs.org/protectmedicaid

Take action now. Your voice matters. Let’s try and stop this.



[Graphic with image of US Capitol building, tinted red. Text reads, 'ACT NOW:
We URGENTLY need you to call your Senator to Protect Medicaid. Debate is today, and voting is coming as soon as Friday, 6/27. Medicaid is at risk of major cuts that could threaten access to these vital services.' Able SC logo at base.]

06/28/2025

South Carolina Department on Aging Dementia Care Specialist Tori Anderson will host Dementia 201: Positive Interactions July 24 from 10-11:30 a.m.

To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/25t7rp75 or call 803-803-545-4277 for more information.

Dementia 201: Positive Interactions is a free, 90-minute, live webinar providing best practices for caregivers and loved ones of people living with dementia.

Topics include:
- A short overview of dementia – brain changes, types, stages, symptoms
- Effective communication strategies by stage
- Methods to interpret verbal, non-verbal and behavioral cues
- Best practices to prevent or de-escalate challenging situations

It is recommended, but not necessary to complete Dementia 101: The Basics prior to Dementia 201.
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Tori Anderson, especialista en atención a la demencia del Departamento de Carolina del Sur, recibirá Demencia 201: Interacciones positivas el 24 de julio de 10-11:30 a.m.

Para registrarse, visite https://tinyurl.com/25t7rp75 o llame al 803-803-545-4277 para obtener más información.

Demencia 201: Positive Interactions es un seminario web en directo gratuito de 90 minutos que ofrece las mejores prácticas para cuidadores y seres queridos de personas que viven con demencia.

Los temas incluyen:
- Una breve visión general de la demencia - cambios cerebrales, tipos, etapas, síntomas
- Estrategias de comunicación efectivas por etapa
- Métodos para interpretar señales verbales, no verbales y de comportamiento
- Mejores prácticas para prevenir o disminuir situaciones difíciles

Se recomienda, pero no es necesario completar Demencia 101: lo básico antes de la demencia 201.

06/19/2025

06/06/2025

Adam, is a single dad and power wheelchair user with a progressive muscle disease. Medicaid is his lifeline.

South Carolina covers only 24.6% of Medicaid costs. Federal cuts could remove parents from their children’s lives.

Thanks to Medicaid’s Healthy Connections waiver, he receives 40 hours of in-home care each week—care he needs for every daily activity: getting in/out of bed, eating, bathing, and more.

💬 “Without Medicaid, I simply couldn’t live independently or care for my child.”

It’s heartbreaking that funding meant to support people like him is being redirected elsewhere.

Please protect Medicaid—it saves lives and supports families like Adam’s.

📞 Tell your lawmakers: Protect Medicaid. Protect families: https://www.aapd.com/medicaid/



[Image description for accessibility: Text over a scrapbook-style dark blue background. Text reads, 'I am Medicaid, Meet Adam, Dad of 2. Planned the first disability pride day with the Columbia Fireflies Minor League. Wheelchair user with progressive muscle disease. Medicaid makes it possible for Adam to live at home with his children and be a present father thanks to 40 hours of in-home care. 'Without Medicaid I cannot get into or out of bed, eat, use the toilet, shower, change clothes, or leave my house.' Arrows point to text from a centered print frame photo of Adam, a white man with dark beard wearing a hat. Able SC logo at base.]

06/06/2025

We are having a beautiful active summer with fishing and gardening aplenty here at Tuckers! Today we made little bouquets out of the herbs we have grown - lavender, chamomile, basil and oregano!