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Elder Abuse
To make a report of suspected elder abuse in Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging’s 10 county service area you must contact:
Alternatives for the Older Adult, Inc.
1803 7th Street
Moline, IL 61265
1-800-798-0988
or (309) 277-0167
Web site: www.4olderadults.org
If you wish to make a report for anywhere in Illinois contact:
Illinois Department on Aging's 24 Hour Elder Abuse Hotline
1-866-800-1409, 1-800-544-5304 (TTY).
The reporter should be prepared to answer the following questions to the best of their ability...
Protective Service Specialists respond to reports of alleged abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of persons 60 years of age and older who live in the community. This program provides investigation, intervention and follow-up services to victims. The program stresses the mentally competent older adult’s right to make their own decisions.
Following is a list of the many forms of elder abuse. In many cases seniors are subjected to more than one form of abuse.
• Physical Abuse – inflicting physical pain or injury upon an older adult
• Sexual abuse – touching, fondling or any other sexual activity with an older adult, when the person is unable to understand, unwilling to consent, threatened or physically forced
• Emotional abuse – verbal assaults, threats of abuse, harassment or intimidation. Emotional abuse is often coupled with other forms of abuse.
• Confinement – restraining or isolating an older person, other than for medical reasons
• Passive neglect – the caregiver's failure to provide an older person with life's necessities, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, shelter or medical care
• Willful deprivation – willfully denying an older person medication, medical care, shelter, food, a therapeutic device or other physical assistance, thereby exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental or emotional harm – except when the dependent person has expressed intent to forego such care
• Financial exploitation – the misuse or withholding of an older person's resources by another, to the disadvantage of the elderly person and/or the profit or advantage of someone else
Anyone can report suspected elder abuse. In Illinois certain professionals are required by law to report suspected elder abuse of older persons who are unable, due to dysfunction, to report the abuse themselves.
Following is a listing of persons delivering professional services to older persons who are mandatory reporters.
• adult care
• law enforcement
• education
• medicine
• state service to seniors
• social workers
• social services
• paramedics
• emergency medical technicians
Do not attempt to make an elder abuse report through this website.
To make a report of suspected elder abuse in Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging’s 10 county service area you must contact:
Alternatives for the Older Adult, Inc.
1803 7th Street
Moline, IL 61265
1-800-798-0988
or (309) 277-0167
Web site: www.4olderadults.org
If you wish to make a report for anywhere in Illinois contact:
Illinois Department on Aging's 24 Hour Elder Abuse Hotline
1-866-800-1409, 1-800-544-5304 (TTY).
The reporter should be prepared to answer the following questions to the best of their ability...
- The alleged victim's name, address, telephone number, sex, age and general condition
- The alleged abuser's name, sex, age, relationship to victim and
- The circumstances which lead the reporter to believe that the older person is being abused, neglected or financially exploited, with as much specificity as possible
- Whether the alleged victim is in immediate danger, the best time to contact the person, if he or she knows of the report, and if there is any danger to the worker going out to investigate
- Whether the reporter believes the client could make a report themselves
- The name, telephone number and profession of the reporter
- The names of others with information about the situation
- If the reporter is willing to be contacted again
- Any other relevant information
Protective Service Specialists respond to reports of alleged abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of persons 60 years of age and older who live in the community. This program provides investigation, intervention and follow-up services to victims. The program stresses the mentally competent older adult’s right to make their own decisions.
Following is a list of the many forms of elder abuse. In many cases seniors are subjected to more than one form of abuse.
• Physical Abuse – inflicting physical pain or injury upon an older adult
• Sexual abuse – touching, fondling or any other sexual activity with an older adult, when the person is unable to understand, unwilling to consent, threatened or physically forced
• Emotional abuse – verbal assaults, threats of abuse, harassment or intimidation. Emotional abuse is often coupled with other forms of abuse.
• Confinement – restraining or isolating an older person, other than for medical reasons
• Passive neglect – the caregiver's failure to provide an older person with life's necessities, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, shelter or medical care
• Willful deprivation – willfully denying an older person medication, medical care, shelter, food, a therapeutic device or other physical assistance, thereby exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental or emotional harm – except when the dependent person has expressed intent to forego such care
• Financial exploitation – the misuse or withholding of an older person's resources by another, to the disadvantage of the elderly person and/or the profit or advantage of someone else
Anyone can report suspected elder abuse. In Illinois certain professionals are required by law to report suspected elder abuse of older persons who are unable, due to dysfunction, to report the abuse themselves.
Following is a listing of persons delivering professional services to older persons who are mandatory reporters.
• adult care
• law enforcement
• education
• medicine
• state service to seniors
• social workers
• social services
• paramedics
• emergency medical technicians
Do not attempt to make an elder abuse report through this website.
Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging
729 34th Ave
Rock Island IL 61201
(800) 322-1051
Rock Island IL 61201
(800) 322-1051