Pennsylvania Selects First Local Aging Agencies Offering Tailored Support To Develop Teams To Protect Older Adults From Abuse

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (the Department) announced that five Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and/or coalitions within the AAA Network will be among the first in Pennsylvania to receive individualized, tailored support from outside experts and the Department as they develop multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to help address complex older adult protective services cases in their respective counties and regions.

The five awardees were selected through a competitive process to receive consulting from Weill Cornell Medicine. These include three individual counties – Bucks, Cumberland, and Indiana—and two multi-county collaborations or “MDT Hubs,” with one hub consisting of Lehigh . . .