As an APS worker, I am deeply concerned about the proposed changes to the Adult Protective Service Regulations that pertain to Alleged Perpetrators. I can think of very few things that could be more detrimental to an investigation or open service case than being required to notify the perpetrator of investigative findings. I feel that this proposed change could in fact hinder the very mission of Adult Protective Services:  protecting vulnerable adults.  I do not see how alerting perpetrators to investigation finding can improve rapport  with the client or aid in stopping the abuse, neglect or exploitation. I do see how this could hurt our vulnerable clients. I can clearly see a perpetrator recieving a letter and then relieving their outrage by furthering the abuse, neglect, or exploitation that a perponderance of evidence assures has already occured. I can clearly see how this notification could anger a perpetrator who has unknowingly neglected a loved one (through a lack of skills or knowledge) into abandoning the client and leaving them with no support whatsoever. I can also see how this could cause a abused, neglected, or exploited member of the community deciding not to self-report due to reprucussions from the perpetrator, More clearly than all of the other scenarios however, I can see how this will prevent APS workers from providing the same level of protective services as before, as the APS worker could become as feared a presence as the law enforcement officer. This would be a shame since the purpose is for APS to STOP the abuse, neglect, and exploitation, not punish the perpetrator.t.  I hope that the practiacal implications of these new regulations are carefully considered.