Adult Protective Services are services provided to individuals 18 years of age or older regardless of income who meet all three of the following criteria:
- Physically and/or mentally impaired; AND
- In need of protection from actual or threatened harm, neglect, or a hazardous situation due to the action or inaction of either themselves or other individuals; AND
- Who have no one willing or able to assist them responsibly
Services available include:
- Investigation and assessment of the individual’s needs
- Casework counseling arranging alternative living conditions
- Preventive Services
- Social Services
- Medical Services
- Functioning as a conservator
- Guardianship
- Providing homemaker services
- Representative payee or protective payee
- Providing advocacy
- Assistance in arranging for legal services
