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RICHMOND, Va. — A new online portal is making it easier to report allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elderly and incapacitated adults. The number of reports to Adult Protective Services ...

ELYRIA, Ohio — Lorain County Adult Protective Services is grappling with a dramatic rise in elder abuse cases, marked by increasingly complex and severe incidents of neglect, abuse and financial ...

A Roseville man scammed out of something both valuable and sentimental during a disturbingly bold scam at a Walmart store is urging Macomb County seniors to be on high guard. “I took my mother to the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A new report from the Office of the State Inspector General found significant problems with how Virginia's state-run behavioral health facilities investigate allegations of abuse, ...

Following high-profile reports of abuse, neglect, and untimely deaths, a bipartisan group of New Hampshire state senators ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The state failed to properly investigate many allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of some of Virginia’s most vulnerable, according to a new audit report. On Friday, ...

Kansas' system for reporting abuse, neglect and exploitation is fragmented, an audit says, leading to uncertainty about the completeness of perpetrator registries. Different state agencies investigate ...

Rachel Coates of the Department of Human Services (screenshot via Arlington County) The county government’s Adult Protective Services office is attempting to keep up with a surge in reports of abuse, ...