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The Basics (3)+

• APS Investigations and Findings

  Adult Protective Services (APS) is a statewide government agency. It is part of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). APS investigators respond to reports of possible abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults who live in their own homes or in a facility where there is an allegation of mistreatment by someone who is not an employee of the facility. #2940EN Read More

  By:

  Northwest Justice Project

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  Spanish / Español

• Protecting Elders and Vulnerable Adults from Abuse and Neglect

  Read about the different types of abuse that frail elders and vulnerable adults are protected from under the law. #9920EN Read More

  By:

  Northwest Justice Project

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  Spanish / Español

• Protection Order Advocacy Program

  A protection order is an order, issued by a judge, to protect a person from another person whose behavior is abusive, threatening, exploitive or seriously alarming. This describes the different types of orders. Read More

  By:

  King County Prosecuting Attorney

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

  Russian / Pусский

Elder Abuse (4)+

• APS Investigations and Findings

  Adult Protective Services (APS) is a statewide government agency. It is part of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). APS investigators respond to reports of possible abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults who live in their own homes or in a facility where there is an allegation of mistreatment by someone who is not an employee of the facility. #2940EN Read More

  By:

  Northwest Justice Project

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Protecting Elders and Vulnerable Adults from Abuse and Neglect

  Read about the different types of abuse that frail elders and vulnerable adults are protected from under the law. #9920EN Read More

  By:

  Northwest Justice Project

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Protection Order Advocacy Program

  A protection order is an order, issued by a judge, to protect a person from another person whose behavior is abusive, threatening, exploitive or seriously alarming. This describes the different types of orders. Read More

  By:

  King County Prosecuting Attorney

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

  Russian / Pусский

• Vulnerable Adult Protection Order

  An Order for Protection can help keep a vulnerable adult safe. However, an order is only one part of protecting a vulnerable adult. If you have questions about other options, call: the statewide telephone number to report abuse or neglect: 1-866-ENDHARM, 1-866-363-4276. Read More

  By:

  Administrative Office of the Courts

Financial Exploitation (1)+

• Senior Fraud

  Consumers lose billions of dollars each year to fraud. People who commit these types of crimes, “con criminals,” often target older people knowing they have spent a lifetime earning their savings. Learn how to avoid con criminals. Read More

  By:

  Washington State Attorney General