In 2019, Scripps Gerontology Center was contracted by the Lucas County Guardianship Exploratory Committee to assess adult guardianship service needs in Lucas County, Ohio. This report and accompanying ...

This accompanying document profiles the five Ohio counties (Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Lorain, Stark) featured in the brief and provides more details about their innovative guardianship practices.

Adult guardianship is a legal relationship in which a person (the “guardian”) is appointed by a court to make decisions on behalf of another adult (the “ward”). Adult guardianship arrangements are ...