To report suspected elder abuse or financial exploitation, elders or their advocates can call the county’s Adult Protective Services (APS) hotline or law enforcement agency.

• Use the National Elder Care Locator to find Adult Protective Services in your community, anywhere in the US. Just enter your zip code in the locator, or call 800-677-1116
• Consult the national Law Enforcement Contact List by City (pdf) (pdf) to find law enforcement agencies in your community.
• Another valuable resource in California is the Adult Protective Services County Contact List (pdf)
• Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) has a referral service for elder abuse

Form for use by financial institutions: Report of Suspected Dependent Adult/Elder Financial Abuse (pdf)

Federal initiatives

Federal regulatory agencies agree that reporting suspected elder financial abuse is NOT in violation of the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Original letter to the Honorable Alan Greenspan (pdf)
Response from regulatory agencies (pdf)