State Report Elder Abuse
Domestic / Community Report Elder Abuse
Alabama
- 1-800-458-7214
Alabama Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-458-7214
Alabama Department of Senior Services
Alaska
- 1-800-478-9996 (Toll free in Alaska)
- Outside of Alaska: 907-269-3666
Alaska Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-730-6393 (Toll free in Alaska)
- Outside of Alaska: 907-334-4483
- 1-SOS-ADULT or 1-877-767-2385
- 602-674-4200
- TDD: 1-877-815-8390
Arizona Adult Protective Services
- 1-SOS-ADULT or 1-877-767-2385
- 602-674-4200
- TDD: 1-877-815-8390
- 1-800-332-4443 (Toll free in Arkansas)
- Outside of Arkansas: 1-800-482-8049
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Arkansas Domestic Violence/ Battered Women Hotline: 1-800-332-4443
Arkansas Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-582-4887
- In Pulaski County: 501-682-8425
- Fax: 501-682-1967, Attention Complaint Unit
- E-mail: [email protected]
California
- 1-888-436-3600 (Toll free in California)
- Outside of California: Call County Adult Protective Services
California Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-231-4024
California Long Term Care Ombudsman Colorado
- 1-800-773-1366
- 1-800-773-1366 or
- 1-800-886-7689, Ext. 2800
- (303) 692-2800
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Fax: (303) 753-6214
Colorado Department of Public Health Nursing Home Complaints ProgramConnecticut
- 1-888-385-4225 or
- 1-860-424-5241
- After Hours/Emergency: 2-1-1 (In-State only)
- E-mail: [email protected]
Connecticut Protective Services for the Elderly
- 1-860-424-5241
- 1-800-223-9074
Delaware Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-223-9074
- 202-541-3950
DC Adult Protective Services
- 202-434-2140
- 1-800-96-ABUSE or 1-800-962-2873
- TDD/TTY: 1-800-453-5145
- Fax: 1-800-914-0004
- 1-800-96ABUSE or 1-800-962-2873
- 1-888-774-0152
- 404-657-5250 (Metro-Atlanta)
Georgia Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-878-6442
- 404-657-5728 (Metro-Atlanta)
Georgia Office of Regulatory ServicesGuam
- 671-475-0268
- After Hours: 671-646-4455
(evenings, weekends, holidays)
- 671-475-0268
- After Hours: 671-646-4455
(evenings, weekends, holidays)
- 808-832-5115 (Oahu)
- 808-243-5151 (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai)
- 808-241-3432 (Kauai)
- 808-933-8820 (East Hawaii)
- 808-327-6280 (West Hawaii)
Hawaii Executive Office on Aging
- 808-832-5115(Oahu)
- 808-243-5151 (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai)
- 808-241-3432 (Kauai)
- 808-933-8820 (East Hawaii)
- 808-327-6280 (West Hawaii)
Hawaii Long Term Care Ombudsman
808-586-0100Idaho
- 1-877-471-2777
Idaho Adult Protection
- 1-877-471-2777
- 1-800-252-8966 (Toll free in Illinois - Voice & TTY)
- Outside of Illinois: 217-524-6911 or 1-800-677-1116 (Eldercare Locator)
- After Hours Hotline: 1-800-279-0400
- E-mail: [email protected]
- 1-800-252-4343 (Toll free in Illinois)
- TTY: 1-800-547-0466
- Outside of Illinois: 217-785-0321
Illinois Department on AgingIndiana
- 1-800-992-6978 (Toll free in Indiana)
- Outside of Indiana: 1-800-545-7763, Ext. 20135
Indiana Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-992-6978 (Toll free in Indiana)
- Outside of Indiana: 1-800-545-7763, Ext. 20135
- 1-800-362-2178
Iowa Department of Human Services
- 1-877-686-0027
- Iowa Long Term Care Ombudsman
- Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, Health Facilities Division
- 1-800-922-5330 (Toll free in Kansas)
- Outside of Kansas: 785-296-0044
Kansas Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-842-0078
- 1-877-662-8362 (Toll free in Kansas)
- Outside of Kansas: 785-296-3017
Kansas Office of the State Long Term Care OmbudsmanKentucky
- Elder Abuse Hotline: 1-800-752-6200
- Spouse Abuse Hotline: 1-800-544-2022
- Elder Abuse Hotline: 1-800-752-6200
- Long Term Care Ombudsman: 1-800-372-2991
- TTY (for hearing impaired): 1-800-627-4702
- Attorney General's Patient Abuse Tip Line: 1-877-ABUSE TIP (1-877-228-7384)
- Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Control Division
- Kentucky Office of Inspector General
- 1-800-259-4990 (Toll free in Louisiana)
- Outside of Louisiana: 225-342-9722
Adults with Disabilities (Ages 18-59)
- 1-800-898-4910
Louisiana Elderly Protective Services
- 1-800-259-4990 (Toll free in Louisiana)
- Outside of Louisiana: 225-342-9722
- 1-800-898-4910
- 1-800-624-8404 (Toll free in Maine)
- Outside of Maine: 207-532-5047 or 207-287-6083 (After Hours)
- TTY: 1-800-624-8404
- TTY After Hours (In-State) 1-800-963-9490
- TTY After Hours (Out-of-State) 207-287-3492
Maine Bureau of Elder and Adult Services
- 1-800-383-2441 (Toll free in Maine)
- Local/Out-of-State TTY: 207-287-9312
Maine Department of Health and Human ServicesMaryland
- 1-800-917-7383 (Toll free in Maryland)
- Outside of Maryland: 1-800-677-1116 (Eldercare Locator)
Maryland Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-917-7383 (Toll free in Maryland)
- 1-800-AGE-DIAL, Ext. 1091 (Toll free in Maryland)
- Outside of Maryland: 410-767-1091
Maryland Long Term Care Ombudsman/Elder Abuse PreventionMassachusetts
- 1-800-922-2275 (Toll free in Massachusetts - Voice/TTY)
- Outside of Massachusetts: 1-800-AGE-INFO (1-800-243-4636)
- TDD/TTY: 1-800-872-0166
Massachusetts Elder Protection Services and Programs
- 1-800-462-5540
- 1-800-AGE-INFO (1-800-243-4636)
- Massachusetts Attorney General's Elder Hotline: 1-888-AG-ELDER
(1-888-243-5337) - TTY: 617-727-0434
- 1-800-996-6228
Michigan Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-882-6006
Michigan Bureau of Health SystemsMinnesota
- 1-800-333-2433
- TDD/TYY: 1-800-627-3529
Minnesota Aging Protective Services Unit
- 1-800-333-2433
- TDD/TYY: 1-800-627-3529
- 1-800-222-8000 (Toll free in Mississippi)
- Outside of Mississippi: (601) 359-4991
- E-Mail: [email protected]
Mississippi Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-227-7308
- 1-800-222-8000 (Toll free in Mississippi)
- Outside of Mississippi: (601) 359-4991
- 1-800-392-0210
Missouri Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-392-0210
- 1-800-551-3191 (Toll free in Montana)
- Outside of Montana: 406-444-4077
Montana Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-551-3191 (Toll free in Montana)
- Outside of Montana: 406-444-4077
Montana Senior & Long Term Care Division OmbudsmanNebraska
- 1-800-652-1999 (Toll free in Nebraska)
- Outside of Nebraska: 402-595-1324
Nebraska Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-652-1999 (Toll free in Nebraska)
- Outside of Nebraska: 402-595-1324
- 1-800-992-5757 (Toll free in Nevada)
- Outside of Nevada:
- Carson City area: 775-687-4210
- Reno area: 775-688-2964
- Elko area: 775-738-1966
- Las Vegas area: 702-486-3545
Nevada Elder Protective Services
- 1-800-992-5757 (Toll free in Nevada)
- Outside of Nevada:
- Carson City area: 775-687-4210
- Reno area: 775-688-2964
- Elko area: 775-738-1966
- Las Vegas area: 702-486-3545
- 1-800-351-1888 or
- 603-271-4680
- After Hours: 911 or local police after hours, weekends, or holidays
New Hampshire Adult Protection Program
- 1-800-442-5640 or
- 603-271-4375
New Hampshire Office of the Long Term Care OmbudsmanNew Jersey
- 1-800-792-8820 (Toll free in New Jersey)
- Outside of New Jersey:
- 609-341-5567
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New Jersey Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-792-8820 (Toll free in New Jersey)
- Outside of New Jersey:
- 609-341-5567
- 1-800-797-3260 or
- 505-841-6100 (In Albuquerque)
- 1-800-797-3260 or
- 505-841-6100 (In Albuquerque)
- 1-800-342-3009 (Toll free in New York) - Press Option 6
New York Protective Services for AdultsNURSING HOME COMPLAINTS
- 1-888-201-4563
- E-Mail: [email protected]
- 866-893-6772
New York State Department of Health
North Carolina
- 1-800-662-7030
North Carolina Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-662-7030
- 1-800-451-8693
North Dakota Vulnerable Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-451-8693
- 866-635-3748 (Toll free in Ohio)
- Outside of Ohio: 1-800-677-1116 (Eldercare Locator)
Ohio Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-342-0533
- TDD: 614-752-6490
- Fax: 614-728-9169
- E-mail: [email protected]
Ohio Department of HealthOklahoma
- 1-800-522-3511
Oklahoma Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-522-3511
- 1-800-232-3020
- TTY/Voice: 503-945-5811
Oregon Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-522-2602 or
- 503-378-6533
- 1-800-866-406-4287 or
- 503-945-9495
Pennsylvania
- 1-800-490-8505
Pennsylvania Protective Services for Adults
- 1-800-254-5164
Pennsylvania Department of HealthPuerto Rico
- 787-725-9788 or
- 787-721-8225
- 401-462-0550
- Fax: 401-462-0545
Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs Protective Services Unit
- 401-785-3340
- Fax: 401-785-3391
- 803-898-7318
South Carolina Adult Protective Services
- 803-898-2850
- 605-773-3656
- 605-773-3656
- 1-888-APS-TENN or 1-888-277-8366
- Knoxville: (865) 594-5685
- Chattanooga: (423) 634-6624
- Nashville: (615) 532-3492
- Memphis: (901) 320-7220
Tennessee Adult Protective Services
- 1-888-APS-TENN or 1-888-277-8366
- 1-800-252-5400 (Toll free in Texas)
- Outside of Texas: 512-834-3784
- 1-800-458-9858 (Toll free in Texas)
- Outside of Texas: 512-834-3784
- 1-800-371-7897
- www.hsdaas.utah.gov
Utah Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-371-7897
- www.hsdaas.utah.gov
- 1-800-564-1612
- 802-241-2345
- Fax: 802-241-2358
- 1-800-564-1612
- 802-241-2345
- Fax:802-241-2358
Virginia
- 1-888-83-ADULT or 1-888-832-3858
- Richmond Area: 804-371-0896
Virginia Adult Protective Services
- 1-888-83-ADULT or 1-888-832-3858
- Richmond Area: 804-371-0896
- 1-866-EndHarm or 1-866-363-4276
- Washington Aging and Disability Services Administration
- Adult Protective Services (APS) Regional Reporting Numbers
- 1-800-562-6078
- 1-800-352-6513
West Virginia Adult Protective Services
- 1-800-352-6513
- 608-266-2536
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services
- Wisconsin County Elder Abuse Agencies & Help Lines
- 1-800-815-0015 (Toll free in Wisconsin)
- Outside of Wisconsin: 608-246-7013
Wisconsin Long Term Care OmbudsmanWyoming
- 1-800-457-3659 (Toll free in Wyoming)
- Outside of Wyoming: 307-777-3602
Wyoming Long Term Care Ombudsman
Elder abuse helplines and hotlines:
- US: 1-800-677-1116 (Eldercare Locator).
- UK: 0808 808 8141 or Ireland: 1800 940 010 (Action on Elder Abuse).
- Australia: 1300 651 192 (Elder Abuse Prevention Unit).
- South Africa: 080 111 2131 (Age In Action).
- Canada: visit Alberta Elder Abuse for local helplines.
- New Zealand: visit Age Concern NZ for local helplines.