Bethany Foundation of Texas
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is designated by the Texas Department on Aging to
coordinate services to persons who are 60 or older in East Texas with an emphasis on frail,
minority, rural, and low income elderly.  The Area Agency on Aging is a program of the East
Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) serving Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison,
Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.
The DADS mission is to provide a comprehensive array of aging and disability services, supports,
and opportunities that are easily accessed in local communities.
                                                 is responsible for investigating abuse, neglect, and  exploitation of
adults who are elderly or have disabilities.
In Fiscal Year 2005,
Adult Protective
Services completed
67,023 investigations
of abuse, neglect, or
exploitation involving
adults living at home.
Of these, 45,392 were
confirmed.
In Fiscal Year 2005,
Adult Protective
Services completed
8,169 MH&MR
investigations, which
include MH&MR
settings such as state
hospitals, schools, and
centers.
In the last decade, the
number of in-home
cases investigated by
Adult Protective
Services has more than
doubled.
More than 85% of the
allegations of
maltreatment that are
validated in APS in-
home cases include
neglect.
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For more information by e-mail click here or call
903-295-1393

Bethany Foundation of Texas
706 Valentine Ln
Longview, TX 75604

P. O. Box 7699
Longview, TX 75607