FREMONT - In 2021, the Sandusky County Adult Protection Services Unit, or APS, received 310 referral calls from people concerned about the welfare of local senior citizens ages 60 and older. Those ...

Marian Liu receives funding from the Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before the pandemic, around 1 in 10 older adults in the U.S. experienced elder ...

DELAWARE -- The Delaware Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 30 the launch of a new hotline for adults experiencing abuse or harm ...

A new federal rule has opened the door for more state agencies to investigate nursing homes, but the first national standards for adult protective services also could make such services more ...

Guilford County leaders unanimously approved the creation of an adult protection multi-disciplinary team that will work to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana Capital Chronicle) — Improvements are on the way for Indiana’s Adult Protective Services — the initiative protecting abused, exploited and neglected adults — after a 12-0 ...

Indiana's Adult Protective Services will be handled by a private consulting group starting July 1 because of state funding issues. County prosecutors, who previously oversaw the program, express ...

Dear Eric: My fiancé and I had to move back into his parents due to the crippling economy. My problem lies with his father. He is fully disabled and stubborn. He has been getting up to use the ...

The system left abused and neglected children worse off. Riverside County hired an outside firm to review its child protective services and suggest improvements. The firm did so, but concluded the ...

The county DHR offices work closely with the courts to move quickly when social workers like Floyd identify individuals who are no longer safe in their living situations. When this happens, Floyd said ...

The city agency that is often a last resort for vulnerable adults in need of housing help and other services is rejecting four of every five New Yorkers referred for aid, data shows. The city’s Adult ...