World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
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Senior Medicare Patrols (SMPs) empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. SMPs are grant-funded projects of the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). Their work is in three main areas:
  1. Conduct Outreach and Education. SMPs give presentations to groups, exhibit at events, and work one-on-one with Medicare beneficiaries. 
  2. Engage Volunteers. Protecting older persons’ health, finances, and medical identity while saving precious Medicare dollars is a cause that attracts civic-minded Americans. 
  3. Receive Beneficiary Complaints. When Medicare beneficiaries, caregivers, and family members bring their complaints to the SMP, the SMP makes a determination about whether or not fraud, errors, or abuse is suspected. When fraud or abuse is suspected, they make referrals to the appropriate state and federal agencies for further investigation.
Learn more about the Senior Medicare Patrol Program and COVID-19 Fraud https://www.smpresource.org/Content/Medicare-Fraud/Fraud-Schemes/COVID-19-Fraud.aspx

Adult Protective Services Website: https://des.az.gov/services/basic-needs/adult-protective-services


​Adult Protective Services Lunch and Learn Webinar: Abuse In Later Life

On June 17, 2020 Kimberly Lanker of Adult Protective Services Quality Assurance Manager, presented on abuse in later life in our effort to raise awareness on elder abuse throughout the month of June.​
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​PowerPoint presentation from the webinar: 
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Abuse Later in Life Presentation from ArizonaDES on Vimeo.

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