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.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Friendship Line California",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:data@aging.ca.gov"
}
|
| 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. |
| distribution |
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"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Friendship Line California Calls in Response to COVID-19",
"format": "CSV",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"describedBy": "https://data.ca.gov/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=081fe473-da8c-4c22-a57b-16d73c4147cc&limit=0",
"description": "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.",
"downloadURL": "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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"title": "All resource data",
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"downloadURL": "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-ptwihikn.zip"
}
]
|
| identifier | 6c64d1dc-ba01-4018-93f8-7d10af66df45 |
| issued | 2020-09-11T21:44:18.560739 |
| keyword |
[
"aging",
"california-department-of-aging",
"coronavirus",
"covid-19",
"covid19",
"friendship line",
"older adults",
"social isolation"
]
|
| license | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| modified | 2025-11-07T00:53:07.366847 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "California Department of Aging",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"COVID-19",
"Health and Human Services"
]
|
| title | Friendship Line Services Provided to Older Adults in Response to COVID-19 |
