LAC 48:I.17103. Goals and Objectives

A. The primary goal of the OAAS Division of Adult Protective Services is to prevent, remedy, halt, or hinder abuse, neglect, exploitation, or extortion of individuals in need of services as defined in this regulation and consistent with the provisions of R.S. 14:403.2 and R.S. 15:1501-15:1511. In order to achieve this goal, Adult Protective Services shall pursue the following objectives: 1. to establish a system of mandatory reporting, intake, classification, timely investigation and response to allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and extortion; 2. to provide protective services to the individual while assuring the maximum possible degree of self-determination and dignity; 3. in concert with other community service and health service providers, to arrange and facilitate the process toward developing individual and family capacities to promote safe and caring environments for individuals in need of protection; 4. to secure referral or admission to appropriate alternative living arrangements if all efforts to maintain the individual in his/her own home fail; 5. to assist individuals in need of protection to maintain the highest quality of life with the least possible restriction on the exercise of personal and civil rights; 6. to educate the general public, as well as private and public service agencies, regarding the Protective Services Agency and the requirements of R.S. 14:403.2.