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Where do you start if someone needs help?
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The county is usually a good place to start, whether that means a MnCHOICES assessment or in-home supports. If you are worried about someone's care, contact Adult Protection. An attorney can help when several areas need attention at once.
Key points
- Start with the county for services.
- Adult Protection handles abuse, neglect or exploitation concerns.
- An attorney can help coordinate.
Katie HestnessEducation Navigator, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Guest presenter
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So is it a MnCHOICE assessment? Is it contacting the county to say how do we get in-person supports for this person? If the issue is they need help with their medical decisions and their benefits, okay, well then, there might not be one person you call that encompasses everything other than maybe an attorney or a guardian to help navigate that. But I would say a good starting place could be the county to getting those supports in place. If there’s concerns about somebody’s care, you can always contact adult protection if something is going on, and they can help support as well as investigations happen if somebody is being exploited, abused, neglected, any of those things.
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