“New York is the only state in the country that doesn’t have mandatory reporting for elder abuse,” Tim Murphy told me. Murphy is case supervisor for Orange County Adult Protective Services. I was ...

Privatization has a role in helping governments reduce costs. The Public Consulting Group, a Boston-based firm, has contracts across America to assist local governments with implementing health, human ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — A new report is shining light on changes needed in the department that's supposed to protect one of the state's most vulnerable populations, adults with disabilities or in need of long-term ...

Photo taken Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette, Indiana. LAFAYETTE, IN — Indiana is changing its Adult Protective Services management starting July 1, Tippecanoe ...

Michigan health officials tasked with ensuring the safety of thousands of vulnerable adults frequently failed to effectively address complaints of possible criminal or other misconduct received over ...

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 ...

Two numbers in Mayor Eric Adams' preliminary management report released last week starkly contrast with one another. One shows that the number of New Yorkers who were referred to the city's Adult ...

Negligence by Alaska’s Adult Protective Services led an elderly Alaskan to die of hypothermia, according to a state ombudsman report released Thursday. The ombudsman found the Alaskan, who wasn’t ...

Less than a year after Texas lawmakers approved an $8.1 million funding increase, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services officials say they have halted the “revolving door of caseworkers” ...