| DuPage County Human Services, Senior Citizen Services responds to all reports of suspected abuse of persons over the age of 60 in DuPage County that occured to a domestic setting and works to help resolve the abusive situation. Interventions (agreed upon by the victim) may include home health care, nutrition services, financial or legal assistance, adult day care, housing assistance, respite (for the caregiver), counseling for the victim and/or abuser, emergency assistance, and when needed, guardianship proceeding and/or nursing facility placement. Elder abuse includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, confinement and sexual abuse.
Professionals working with older persons who are suspected of being abused, neglected or financially exploited but who are unable, due to dysfunction, to report for themselves are mandated reporters as defined by the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act.
To report suspected elder abuse, or if you need additional information on this program, please call (630) 407-6500 or 1-800-942-9412, Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. After hours and on weekends, call 1-800-279-0400. All Calls Are Confidential.
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