Adult Protective Services
Adult Protective Services helps to prevent or stop harm from occurring to vulnerable adults. Alaska law requires that protective services not interfere with the elderly or disabled adults who are capable of caring for themselves.
Vulnerable adults have a physical or mental impairment or condition that prevents them from protecting themselves or from seeking help from someone else.
Alaska law defines vulnerable adults to include adults 18 years of age or older, not just the elderly.
The harm they suffer may result from abandonment, abuse, exploitation, neglect or self-neglect. The following are examples of things to report:
ABANDONMENT is the desertion of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver.
ABUSE is the intentional or reckless non-accidental, non-therapeutic infliction of pain, injury, mental distress, or sexual assault.
EXPLOITATION is the unjust or improper use of another person or their resources for one's own benefit.
NEGLECT is the intentional failure of a caregiver to provide essential services.
SELF-NEGLECT is the act or omission by a vulnerable adult that results, or could result, in the deprivation of essential services necessary to maintain minimal mental, emotional, or physical health and safety.
Examples of Adult Protective Services:
- Information and Referral
- Investigation of Reports
- Protective Placement
- Guardianship or Conservatorship Counseling
- Linking Clients to Community Resources
- Training and designation of local community resources to provide services.
We are here to help you. Our services are voluntary. We will not force you to move or do anything against your own will. We are here to help you live in a safe and healthy environment and receive the services you need. Please contact our office if you need help or have any questions.
For information and an application form about financial assistance for assisted living for adult protective services clients Use this link (General Relief Application)
- Assisted Living/General Relief Provider Resources
- Assisted Living Home Regulations
- 2007 Grant Agreement
Brenda Mahlatini, Manager
3601 C Street, Suite 310
Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5984
Phone: (907) 269-3666 or (800) 478-9996
Fax: (907) 269-3648