US EditionWatchdog investigates PA’s senior protection agency
- Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog launched a performance audit in 2023 of the state agency overseeing protective services for vulnerable older adults.
- Over the past year, Spotlight PA uncovered widespread and ongoing shortcomings in Pennsylvania’s services designed to safeguard older adults, prompting a state audit to address these critical issues.
- The Department of Aging manages 52 county agencies responsible for investigating reports of abuse and neglect affecting individuals aged 60 and above, a population that often includes economically disadvantaged or vulnerable seniors.
- The confidential 2023 assessment found the department lacked adequate controls to monitor compliance, raising risks of fraud, waste, or abuse in managing over $356 million allocated this fiscal year.
- The audit’s outcome may lead to increased oversight and budget enhancements proposed by Shapiro, while critics warn the new monitoring system could mask ongoing failures in protecting older adults.
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Prison life sentences constitute elder abuse
Philadelphia In the U.S., over 17% of the population — nearly 59 million people — were age 65 or older as of 2022. A significant number rely on Social Security as their sole income — on average below $25,000 annually. Around 10% have incomes under $10,000. Inside a state prison . . . Continue reading Prison life sentences constitute elder abuse at Workers.org
Watchdog investigates PA’s senior protection agency
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog has launched an audit of the state agency that oversees programs tasked with protecting Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable older adults from abuse and neglect. In recent weeks, Auditor General Tim DeFoor’s office has requested data and spoken with top staffers at the Department of Aging, according to sources and records. The department oversees and monitors 52 county aging agencies that investigate all…
Pennsylvania AG Settles with Debt Collector Over Illegal Tribal Lending Practices
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has announced a settlement with Kansas-based debt collection company TrueAccord Corp., resolving allegations of illegal tribal lending practices that violated state consumer protection …
Instability of directors, lack of supervision of healthcare teams, quality of service and care for degraded residents...A report by the Court of Auditors published on Wednesday 25 June points to many common operational failures of the Bridge Group and its Ehpads.
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