1 hr 3 min
Waypoint Podcast Episode 11: Adult Protective Services offers help and hope for vulnerable adults Waypoint Podcast
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Welcome back to Waypoint, an Oklahoma Human Services podcast intended to help you chart your course, by informing, educating and enhancing collaboration in service to Oklahomans.
In our 11th episode, we’re talking with Community Living, Aging and Protective Services director, Jeromy Buchanan, Shanika Lovett and Jayme Winkler, about Adult Protective Services (APS). APS helps adults who need help taking care of themselves, and who may be experiencing abuse, self-neglect or financial exploitation.
In SFY 2021, APS received over 24,000 reports of maltreatment of vulnerable adults and substantiated over 2,200 of those reports. They respect the autonomy of those they serve and seek community partners to provide resources and services that can help vulnerable adults improve their safety, health and independence and continue to live at home for as long as possible. This discussion will teach us the basics about APS, including some myth-busting about the program and how we, as a community, can prevent adult abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Buchanan, Lovett and Winkler have a shared passion to advocate for those our agency serves and their teams work each day to improve outcomes and provide hope for vulnerable adults. If you suspect a vulnerable adult is the victim of abuse, neglect or exploitation, please submit an online report at www.OKHotline.org.
We hope you’ll continue to join us on this podcast where we’ll explore topics that affect and uplift Oklahomans. New episodes drop monthly, and will be available wherever you find your podcasts, like Anchor, Apple, Google Podcasts, Spotify and many more. Please rate each episode and subscribe so you know when a new episode posts. And don’t forget to share to this podcast with your friends so we can take them on this journey with us together.
Welcome back to Waypoint, an Oklahoma Human Services podcast intended to help you chart your course, by informing, educating and enhancing collaboration in service to Oklahomans.
In our 11th episode, we’re talking with Community Living, Aging and Protective Services director, Jeromy Buchanan, Shanika Lovett and Jayme Winkler, about Adult Protective Services (APS). APS helps adults who need help taking care of themselves, and who may be experiencing abuse, self-neglect or financial exploitation.
In SFY 2021, APS received over 24,000 reports of maltreatment of vulnerable adults and substantiated over 2,200 of those reports. They respect the autonomy of those they serve and seek community partners to provide resources and services that can help vulnerable adults improve their safety, health and independence and continue to live at home for as long as possible. This discussion will teach us the basics about APS, including some myth-busting about the program and how we, as a community, can prevent adult abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Buchanan, Lovett and Winkler have a shared passion to advocate for those our agency serves and their teams work each day to improve outcomes and provide hope for vulnerable adults. If you suspect a vulnerable adult is the victim of abuse, neglect or exploitation, please submit an online report at www.OKHotline.org.
We hope you’ll continue to join us on this podcast where we’ll explore topics that affect and uplift Oklahomans. New episodes drop monthly, and will be available wherever you find your podcasts, like Anchor, Apple, Google Podcasts, Spotify and many more. Please rate each episode and subscribe so you know when a new episode posts. And don’t forget to share to this podcast with your friends so we can take them on this journey with us together.
1 hr 3 min