Shapiro administration stopped tracking why older adults die during abuse, neglect probes
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April 5, 2025

Shapiro administration stopped tracking why older adults die during abuse, neglect probes

By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 

The state started tracking deaths as older adults were dying in alarmingly higher numbers. Then a top aging official halted the process.

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration last year stopped collecting information on why older adults in Pennsylvania die during open abuse and neglect investigations, and no longer examines whether delays or other investigative failures by county agencies might have played a role.

The state Department of Aging in 2021 launched a process to begin tracking the ca...

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