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

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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Field Value
Contact Email [email protected]
Program Friendship Line California
Homepage URL https://www.ioaging.org/friendship-line-california
Temporal Coverage

Daily from April 13, 2020 to October 4, 2020
Geographic Granularity County
Language English
Frequency Other
De-Identification Method

Suppressed small values from 1 to 10 with asterisk (*).
Source Link https://www.aging.ca.gov/Data_and_Reports/COVID-19_Data_Dashboard/
License Terms of Use
Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Additional Limitations

All numbers are estimates and subject to change as additional information becomes available.
Additional Information

This dataset shows weekly incoming calls by county to the Friendship Line.
Citation

California Department of Aging
Last Updated January 23, 2021, 01:23 (UTC)