CESP: Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention & Grief Counseling

Older adults often face a multitude of changes and stresses in relation to the aging process, including health concerns, physical limitations, financial problems, and loss of loved ones. These changes may trigger depression, grief, a sense of isolation, or thoughts of suicide. Institute on Aging’s Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention (CESP) focuses specifically on the needs of older adults, providing connection, compassionate counseling, assessment, and crisis intervention.

Hope and Support

CESP offers hope for persons suffering from life-threatening depression. With help, older adults become connected to the community, begin the healing process, and discover that life is worth living again. CESP hosts a number of support groups for individuals of all ages who have experienced trauma and grief. Consider joining a weekly traumatic loss group and a survivor of suicide grief group. Or visit the drop-in grief group held on Saturday mornings from 10:30am – 12 noon. Call (415) 750-4111 for more information. Learn More

Suicide Intervention

CESP brings Patick Arbore's experience and compassion to educational workshops and lectures on suicide intervention. Training can me geared toward volunteers, community members or professional. Request a speaker.

24-Hour Telephone Support

CESP sponsors the Friendship Line, a 24 hour phone line providing support for seniors in crisis, outreach phone calls for medication reminders, well-being checks and emotional support, and counseling and senior care information and referral by phone. Sometimes, knowing there is someone who cares can make all the difference. Learn more about the Friendship Line or call the line today: (800) 971-0016.
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