The reporter should be prepared to answer the following questions to the best of their ability. To report suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an adult age 60 or older or a person with disabilities age 18-59 call the statewide, 24-hour Adult Protective Services Hotline: 1-86, 1-88 (TTY).įor residents who live in nursing facilities, call the Illinois Department of Public Health's Nursing Home Complaint Hotline: 1-80.įor residents who live in Supportive Living Facilities (SLFs), call the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services' SLF Complaint Hotline: 1-80. For a free copy, contact the IDoA Senior HelpLine. *Mandatory reporting requirements only apply when the reporter believes that the adult is not capable of reporting the abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation themselves.įor more information, see the booklet, "Reporting Abuse: What Professionals Need to Know," listed in Publications.
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This law applies to persons delivering professional services to adults age 60 or older or people with disabilities age 18-59 in the following fields: Illinois has a law which requires certain professionals to make reports of suspected abuse of adults age 60 or older or people with disabilities age 18-59 who are unable, due to dysfunction, to report for themselves. Anonymous reports are accepted.Ĭertain professionals are required by law to report suspected abuse. It further provides that the identity of the reporter shall not be disclosed except with the written permission of the reporter or by order of a court. Anyone can report a case of abuse in good faith.Īdult Protective Services Act provides that people – who in good faith report suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or cooperate with an investigation – are immune from criminal or civil liability or professional disciplinary action. Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of adults age 60 or older and people with disabilities age 18-59 living in your community.
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