Return to the PIE Home PageIn 1997, 1,376 adults received protective services through the Franklin County Department of Human Services' Adult Protective Services Unit, with two-thirds of the cases involving females (66.8%). Adults ages 60 and over represented 84.2% of service recipients. The number of adults receiving protective services increased by 183.1% since 1985. However, the number of adults receiving protective services in 1997 decreased 14.6% from 1996.
Protective services are provided to adults known or suspected to be suffering from abuse, neglect or exploitation to an extent that either life is endangered or physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness results or is likely to result. Services may include: casework, investigative, medical care, mental health care, legal services, fiscal management, home health care, homemaker, housing, guardianship and placement services.
Year 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Males 154 300 297 399 461 419 445 Females 332 583 678 706 857 819 808 Ages: 18-19 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 20-29 12 13 14 14 13 8 8 30-39 17 21 27 20 26 17 20 40-49 16 41 38 56 42 3 52 50-59 37 87 76 88 115 93 90 60-69 112 190 231 234 274 300 279 70-79 146 254 272 330 379 364 383 80-89 115 232 250 312 385 333 334 90+ 30 44 47 49 83 87 86 Totals 486 883 957 1,105 1,318 1,238 1,253
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Males 483 553 586 520 588 457
Females 876 821 945 961 1,024 919
Ages:
18-19 4 2 0 1 1 2
20-29 7 14 7 12 5 19
30-39 28 32 26 25 39 28
40-49 47 64 41 60 78 58
50-59 66 100 103 90 89 111
60-69 314 351 324 345 357 275
70-79 441 416 502 496 511 435
80-89 367 325 431 366 433 378
90+ 85 70 97 86 99 70
Totals 1,359 1,374 1,531 1,481 1,612 1,376
Source: Franklin County Department of Human Services, Adult Protective Services Unit
Filename: SI-018