Adult Maltreatment Data Report 2018.

Abstract

This report provides an overview of adult maltreatment as reported to APS [Adult Protective Services] programs, drawing primarily on federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018 data from the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS)....FFY 2018 is the third year of NAMRS submissions. Exhibit A shows the trend in key data for the 44 states that have submitted data all three years. In FFY 2018, APS programs conducted 760,953 investigations for 775,023 clients for a rate of 17.7 per 1,000 adults in the APS target population. The number of victims of substantiated allegations was 243,375 for a rate of 5.6 victims per 1,000 adults in the target APS population. Exhibit B on the following page provides summary data and information on adult maltreatment as investigated by APS programs in FFY 2018. (Author Text)