Four former residents have sued two Asheville-area treatment centers, alleging forced labor, abuse and strip searches at the ...

An investigation into Michigan nursing homes found widespread problems, many of them tied to staffing shortages and inadequate training. Now, some state ...

Kansas' system for reporting abuse, neglect and exploitation is fragmented, an audit says, leading to uncertainty about the completeness of perpetrator registries. Different state agencies investigate ...

MUSKOGEE — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that a man and a woman pleaded guilty to charges related to the exploitation and neglect of a minor in Indian ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida officials announced the successful completion of “Operation Home for the Holidays,” a massive rescue effort that safely recovered 122 children across multiple states, making it ...

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson unveiled a new training effort Wednesday aimed at helping abused and neglected children. The effort involves a series of eight DVDs to provide ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A new online portal is making it easier to report allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elderly and incapacitated adults. The number of reports to Adult Protective Services ...

Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain professionals like doctors or teachers to report child abuse and neglect. But in Florida, every adult is a mandated reporter. Florida law ...

The former foster parent and cosmetologist is one of nearly three dozen residents to die of suspected neglect or abuse at Michigan nursing homes in the past four years, according to a Bridge Michigan ...

Elder abuse and neglect is a serious and prevalent problem that is estimated to affect 700,000 to 1.2 million older adults annually in this country. Only one in ten cases of elder abuse and neglect ...