Elders
- The Institute on Aging's Friendship Line
A crisis and support line for adults 60 or older or with disabilities. 24x7 hotline available.
Subsections of Elders
The Institute on Aging's Friendship Line
Contact:
Web: Friendship Line
Phone (24x7): 800-971-0016
About:
The Friendship Line is a crisis intervention center and a “warm” line for routine, even daily, phone calls that provide emotional support, medication reminders, and well-being check-ins. The hotline has never gone unanswered since 1973, and Institute on Aging’s staff and volunteers make approximately 50,000 outgoing calls annually. A program of the Institute on Aging’s Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention and Grief-Related Services, the Friendship Line is nationally known and accredited by the American Association of Suicidology.
Program Services
- Crisis intervention and referrals
- Well-being telephone check-ins
- Follow-up home visits for supportive counseling and psychotherapy
- Group and individual grief counseling
- Specialized counseling and bereavement support for people who have experienced traumatic loss to suicide or sudden death