Family & Safety
elderly-woman-picture-id160777434.jpg
Elder abuse or neglect
Abuse or neglect of the elderly takes many forms. There are legal protections and support for victims and their care givers. Learn more with our resources.
Learn your rights (1 resources)
Order of Protection basics
Explains who is eligible to ask for an Order of Protection. Also includes what they can ask a judge to include in it. This is also called a "restraining order."
Guide
View more
Forms (2 resources)
Order of protection
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members.
Easy Form
Emergency Order of Protection - Cook County
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members. Email your forms to the court. For use only in Cook County.
Easy Form
View more
Other resources for the public (8 resources)
Order of Protection basics
Explains who is eligible to ask for an Order of Protection. Also includes what they can ask a judge to include in it. This is also called a "restraining order."
Guide
Confidentiality for mental and developmental disabilities
Information about privacy and protection under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
Text article
Protection from abuse and neglect for senior citizens
Explains laws that protect older people in Illinois from abuse. Includes how to get an Order of Protection ("restraining order").
Text article
Safety plan for victims of domestic violence
Explains how to prepare a safety plan to protect you and your family in a situation of domestic violence.
Text article
View more