• Abuse is harm or threatened harm to an adult's health or welfare caused by another person.  
• Neglect is the inability or failure of the adult, or an individual responsible for the care of the elder or vulnerable adult, to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing, medical care, etc.  
• Exploitation is the misuse of an adult's funds, property or personal dignity by another person.

The perpetrators are often trusted family, friends, neighbors or caregivers. This can occur in the person's home, in the home of another person or in licensed settings such as adult foster care, homes for the aged or nursing homes. 

If you suspect elder or vulnerable adult abuse, neglect or exploitation has occurred in

• A private residence,
• An unlicensed setting such as an assisted living facility,
• An adult foster care home,
• A home for the aged, or
• A nursing home where the suspected perpetrator is not an employee of the facility or the resident is on leave from the nursing home,

Notify the Department of Human Services (DHS), Adult Protective Services: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs

Statewide 24-Hour Hotline:   1-800-99NOABUSE / 1-800 996-6228

If you suspect abuse, neglect or exploitation of a resident of a nursing home by another resident or by a nursing home employee, notify:

Bureau of Health Services Abuse Hotline: 1-800-882-6006

Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.:

Developmental Disabilities:  1-800-288-5923
Mental Illness:  1-800-288-5923

Attorney General 24-hour Health Care Fraud Hotline: 1-800-24-ABUSE / 1-800-242-2873