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Adult Protective Services
Adult protective services are those services provided to older persons and persons with disabilities who are in danger of being mistreated or neglected, are unable to protect themselves, and have no one to assist them. Because there is no federal statute or funding directly related to the delivery of adult protective services, each state has developed its own system for service delivery.
Summary of Adult Protective Services 10 most Frequently asked Questions
Adult services
(not adult protective services)
Adult Services assists people age 60 and over and adults age 18 and older who have a disability, and their families when appropriate. Services are provided to adults so that they can remain in the least restrictive environment—preferably their home—for as long as possible. Adequate home based services and case management decreases the risk of institutional placement, decreases costs, and ensures that appropriate services are provided. The local department of social services is mandated to provide case management and at least one home based service to the extent that federal and state matching funds are available. Each local department is authorized, as a fiscal agent acting on behalf of the adult, to recruit and approve home based providers, using uniform provider standards. In Tazewell County, companion services are offered. Companion services assist older adults and adults with disabilities with activities of daily living such as toileting, eating, dressing, bathing, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and shopping. In the calendar year of 2006, $124,999.00 in wages was paid to companion providers of older or disabled adults in Tazewell County.
Local departments also conduct screenings for Medicaid funded long term care services such as nursing home placement or personal care services provided in a home setting, and for placements in assisted living facilities funded by auxiliary grant payments.
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