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TO: Contra
Board of Supervisors
FROM: Family and Human Services Committee 0 Costa
DATE: December 5, 2006County
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SUBJECT: Elder Abuse Program Update ` 2-
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SPECIFIC REQUESTS)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I(
RECOMMENDATION:
1. ACCEPT the report presented by the Employment and Human Services Department
Aging and Adult Services Bureau providing a status update on the delivery of Elder
Abuse and Adult Protective Services,
2. SUPPORT Department efforts to maintain essential Adult Protective Services program
components in spite of staffing reductions resulting from funding limitations.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
BACKGROUND:
----On November 6, 2006, the Family and Human Services Committee heard the attached report
providing an update on the status of the Adult Protective Services (APS) program. The
Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) provides elder abuse services under the
APS program that offers casework intervention to protect elders and younger dependent adults
from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
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JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:Dorothy Sansoe,5-1009
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EHSD
BY:� ,DEPUTY
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Subject: Elder Abuse Program Update
APS is part of a continuum of programs provided by the Aging and Adult Services Bureau of
EHSD which all seek to promote maximum independent functioning for elders and adults with
disabilities, assisting clients to avoid unnecessary or inappropriate institutional care. APS works
in close collaboration with these other programs, which include In-Home Supportive Services
(IHSS), temporary Conservatorship, Multipurpose Senior Services Program, Linkages case
management, assistance to caregivers, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program,
and a wide variety of Area Agency on Aging (AAA) programs.
APS works closely with collocated Health Services Department (HSD) nursing and mental health
staff who provide essential consultation and evaluation for APS clients and with various Health
Services programs. The Long-Term Care Integration planning project jointly sponsored by
EHSD and HSD is in the process of designing an action plan to redirect funding to expand
availability of home and community services for elders and adults with disabilities to enhance
collaboration between the two departments and community based organizations who serve the
same clients.
Fiscal challenges that have led to staffing reductions in the APS and IHSS programs and
curtailment of some AAA community based programs, and the limited capacity of many Health
Services programs with which APS collaborates, pose serious problems for the APS program.
Also, the number of individuals who need protection from abuse, neglect or exploitation is
steadily increasing due to the aging of the County's population and the attendant increase in
elders with physical disabilities and/or dementia. The failure of funding resources to keep up
with this population growth and the inability to expand APS and related home and community
based services seriously compromise the County's capacity to provide the level of services
needed to protect this vulnerable population.
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