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 ...

Four former residents have sued two Asheville-area treatment centers, alleging forced labor, abuse and strip searches at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

State Sen. David Rochefort, a Littleton Republican, said he and the state’s legislative staff are in the process of drafting a bill aimed at addressing systemic abuse and neglect issues in New ...