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Weaknesses with Pa. Aging Department’s Oversight Could Leave Older Adults at Risk, Audit Finds
Auditors found 10 oversight deficiencies and more than three dozen fixes, saying weak monitoring could leave older adults at risk.
- On Wednesday, September 23, Auditor General Tim DeFoor released an audit criticizing the Pennsylvania Department of Aging for oversight weaknesses, identifying 10 deficiencies across 52 county-based Area Agencies on Aging.
- Under the new Comprehensive Aging Performance Evaluation system, the department monitors county agencies only once every 18 months, contradicting state law requiring annual assessments.
- Auditors found the department treats the mandatory 20-day timeline for completing abuse investigations as a 'goal,' resulting in what they termed 'potentially inflated compliance scores' for local agencies.
- Secretary Jason Kavulich's agency disputed the findings, calling the audit 'unprofessional and unwarranted,' and accused DeFoor of playing 'craven' politics by releasing the report six weeks before the November election.
- State Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr. urged the department to take 'immediate action' for the safety of older adults, while auditors issued more than three dozen recommendations to strengthen oversight of protective services.
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