Friendship Line Services Provided to Older Adults in Response to COVID-19

Description

In response to increased social isolation experienced by older adults and their families due to COVID-19, the California Department of Aging partnered with the Institute on Aging to expand services of the Friendship Line statewide. Friendship Line California is an accredited 24-hour toll-free hotline for older adults and adults with disabilities. The line is staffed by trained volunteers who specialize in having caring and friendly conversations.

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57 friendship-line-california-calls-in-response-to-covid-19-mlhlnt.zip https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/d71df234-7ba1-42e7-98bc-160a55beb7d1/resource/887d9339-db5c-4703-acf9-d293fb73670d/download/friendship-line-california-calls-in-response-to-covid-19-mlhlnt.zip
57 friendship-line-california-calls-in-response-to-covid-19-2f0j09t6.zip https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/d71df234-7ba1-42e7-98bc-160a55beb7d1/resource/887d9339-db5c-4703-acf9-d293fb73670d/download/friendship-line-california-calls-in-response-to-covid-19-2f0j09t6.zip
8 Friendship Line California is an accredited 24-hour toll-free hotline for older adults and adults with disabilities who may be experiencing thoughts of suicide, anxiety, or depression. The line is staffed by trained volunteers who specialize in offering a caring ear and having a friendly conversation with depressed older adults. This dataset shows incoming calls by county by day. https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/d71df234-7ba1-42e7-98bc-160a55beb7d1/resource/7d7b56ef-591b-4c83-86e8-c18d52cbcb8b/download/friendshipline_odp_april-2020-to-october-2020_suppressed.csv

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  • covid19
  • coronavirus
  • social-isolation
  • friendship-line
  • older-adults
  • covid-19
  • california-department-of-aging
  • aging

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