Provide assistance, investigate, and/or intervene on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect or abandonment. Services may include: - Authorization for medical treatment - Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse - Removal of the individual to safer surroundings - Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department, such as, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living and home health agencies can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints at (651)215-8702 or toll-free at (800)369-7994