ELDER ABUSE

department brass thwarted his efforts to assist investi gations by outside agencies, including the Office of State Inspector General, into the quality of older adult protec - tive services around Pennsyl vania. Llewellyn also alleges that top department officials pur - posely suppressed or manipu - lated data to shield problems when responding to public records requests, including in response to one by Spotlight PA. Llewellyn alleges that Deputy Aging Secretary Jon - athan Bowman even bragged about his ability to exploit loopholes to dodge having to turn over complete and accu rate data.