Mandated Report Forms: Form SOC 341 must be completed and signed by the mandated reporter. When Do Mandated Reporters Make Their Reports? Immediately or as soon as possible by telephone, followed by a written report or Internet report through the confidential Internet reporting tool within two (2) working days.
Their identity can remain confidential. If you are not a mandated reporter, you can choose to report elder abuse in California anonymously.
California. Adult Protective Service Agency: call (833) 401-0832 or visit the APS website for a list of county APS contacts.
In California, elders are defined as persons 60 years and older. Under California law, elder abuse can be both criminal and civil. Civil law defines elder abuse as physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment resulting in harm, pain or mental suffering to an elder.
California. Adult Protective Service Agency: call (833) 401-0832 or visit the APS website for a list of county APS contacts.
If someone is living alone, then family members can step in to assist until finances can be set up, medicaid put in place and aides can be placed in the home or the person can move into a nursing home or assisted living facility, depending upon their needs. This is not a quick process, but it can be done.
California Adult Protective Service Agency: call (833) 401-0832 or visit the APS website for a list of county APS contacts. Attorney General's Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Hotline: (888) 436-3600. Long-Term Care Ombudsman/CRISISline: (800) 231-4024.
However, AB 135 maintains the existing definition of an elder adult under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Chapter 11) as anyone 65 years of age and older.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 1417 into law in late 2024. AB 1417 alters the mandatory reporting obligations in California for alleged, suspected, or known elder or dependent adult abuse in long-term care facilities.