“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 4/3/12:
“The Friendship Line is a suicide prevention and mental health hotline for seniors. Last year, they got 18,000 calls. But they also make outgoing calls to remind elders to take their medication or to offer emotional support . . . . They made 40,000 of those calls in 2011. The line was started by Patrick Arbore, in 1973, because he didn’t like the way seniors were treated.” Click here to read more.
NOTE: The Friendship Line is live 24-hours a day. The toll-free number is (800) 971-0016.
