Adult Protective Services: Additional Information and Resources

If you suspect an elder adult or adult at risk has experienced, is experiencing, or is at risk of experiencing abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation, call your county APS helpline.

Learn how to report alleged abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation

Additional information about adult protective services

• Overview of APS, definitions, and reporting:
  • Doing Our Part with Adult Protective Services, P-03403 (PDF)
  • Doing Our Part with Adult Protective Services for Wisconsin Tribal Nations, P-03403A (PDF)
• Signs of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation:
  • Signs of Neglect, P-03404 (PDF)
  • Signs of Financial Exploitation, P-03404A (PDF)
  • Signs of Self-Neglect, P-03404B (PDF)
  • Signs of Physical or Sexual Abuse, P-03404C (PDF)
• Information about limited required reporters: Limited Required Reporters and Adult Protective Services, P-03455 (PDF)

Resources regarding alternate decision-makers

• Wisconsin Guardianship Support Center: Web resources regarding roles of decision-makers and a toll-free helpline for guardianship issues.
• UW-Green Bay Guardianship Training
• Wisconsin advance directive forms:
  • Power of Attorney for Finances and Property, F-00036 (PDF)
  • Power of Attorney for Health Care, F-00085 (PDF)
• Supported decision-making toolkit
• Social Security representative payee information

National resources regarding abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation

• APS Technical Assistance Resource Center
• National Adult Protective Services Association
• National Center on Elder Abuse
• National Center to Reframe Aging
• National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
• National Council on Aging
• National Council on Disability
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• State and national resources about scam and fraud awareness:
  • AARP—Scams and Fraud
  • Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—Fraud and Scams
  • Federal Trade Commission—Avoiding and Reporting Scams
  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection—Identity Theft and Privacy Protection