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Who can receive Adult Protective Services from the WVDHHR?

Adult Abuse and Neglect

Updated:

3/6/2003

Adult Protective Services provided by the Department of Health and Human Resources involves two distinct phases. These are: a) investigation and assessment of risk and b) short-term case management. With the exception of age of the alleged victim, there is no eligibility criteria applied to the investigation phase. In order to be eligible to receive Adult Protective Services case management, the individual must meet all of the following criteria.

eighteen (18) years of age or older or if under the age of eighteen, must be legally emancipated;

functionally disabled due to his/her physical or mental disabilities;

determined to have been neglected or abused or is in probable danger of being neglected or abused through action or inaction, intentional or unintentional, of his/her own volition or of the volition of another person; and,

1) excluding the perpetrator, is alone or without an interested person(s) able and willing to provide the needed support/services or 2) is in a care facility.

BCF Support Article

Who can receive Adult Protective Services from the WVDHHR?

Category:

Adult Abuse and Neglect

Updated:

3/6/2003