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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown on Adult Protective Services
2:04:45
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Sharon Brown testifies about the need for improvements in Adult Protective Services (APS), particularly in their response time and approach to helping seniors. She emphasizes the importance of prioritizing seniors facing eviction and addressing root causes of problems rather than resorting to guardianships.
- Calls for APS to respond quickly to senior cases and prioritize those facing eviction
- Suggests APS should help seniors obtain legal representation to prevent evictions and address underlying issues
- Advocates for APS to focus on resolving abusive situations and promoting senior independence through home, vehicle, and business ownership opportunities instead of defaulting to guardianships
Sharon Brown
2:04:45
Hello.
2:04:46
My name is Sharon Brown.
2:04:47
Before I begin, remember Israel released the hostages, let Yahweh's people go, defend Israel.
2:04:56
Okay.
2:04:56
The adult protective services needs to respond quickly when they're dealing with seniors.
2:05:03
These situations are very important.
2:05:07
They need to meet with people who call and are referred promptly.
2:05:12
There is a problem with them meeting with them when they're calling.
2:05:17
Seniors face facing eviction should be prioritized and moved to the top of the list of what APS does.
2:05:27
They should help seniors get lawyers that will help stop eviction and cure the initial problems and abuses that cause the evictions.
2:05:37
Instead of them looking for the article 80 ones and trying to get guardianships, they need to cure what the problem was in the first place, not that there's some kind of problem with the senior that they can't handle themselves.
2:05:52
Many a times they're being abused by their landlords or whoever they are living with and they need to either get out of the situation or the person be removed.
2:06:04
Some of the landlords need to be removed as owners of these buildings and APS needs to help out the seniors and they should look for home ownership for seniors, vehicle ownership for senior business ownerships instead of trying to put them into guardianship, many of them are well capable of taking care of themselves, they are in abusive situations.
2:06:34
So we need APS to protect them and not just try to put them into guardianships.