Phase 1a: Healthcare personnel and Long-Term Care Facility Residents Currently, vaccine supply is limited. Following guidelines from the CDC, only people who are eligible in Phase 1a, healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents, can receive their vaccine at this time. Healthcare personnel are defined as paid and unpaid people serving in health care settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious … [Read more...]
Lake County 211
What is 211 Lake County? 211 is the place with the answers you need to live well in Lake County, Illinois. 211 is Lake County’s free one-stop shop for help: It’s a telephone helpline. It’s a texting chatline. And, it’s this very website you’re visiting right now. 211 is always open, always confidential, and always free. Speak to a live person when you call in English or Spanish.The 211 team will also interpret to more than 150 other … [Read more...]
Unemployment Debit Card Fraud
Over the past few weeks we’ve taken several reports from multiple people who have received unemployment benefits even though they never applied for them. Scammers are applying for the IDES benefits and seem to be using personal information from victims obtained from phishing scams or previous unrelated data breaches. Sometimes the payments are sent to the real person’s account instead of the scammer and the scammers call, text or email trying to get the victim to send some or all of the … [Read more...]
Sealcoating Scams
It’s finally summer, it’s also the time year when door-to-door crooks pop up like weeds in the cracks of your driveway.These fly-by-night asphalt pavers and sealers travel moving from town to town. No one likes to be taken advantage of and ripped off and no one can be an expert at all home repair jobs. When it comes to choosing a reputable driveway sealing company, you don’t have to be an expert; you just have to know a few do’s and don’ts to avoid being a victim of an asphalt scam. Don’t … [Read more...]
Report abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation
Anyone can report a case of abuse in good faith. The Adult Protective Services Act provides that people – who in good faith report suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or cooperate with an investigation – are immune from criminal or civil liability or professional disciplinary action. It further provides that the identity of the reporter shall not be disclosed except with the written permission of the reporter or by order of a court. Anonymous reports are accepted. Certain … [Read more...]
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