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Counseling Services

Illness, memory loss, caregiving and bereavement: the challenges that come with aging require more than medical care. Seniors, adults living with disabilities, and their caregivers often need counseling and spiritual support to maintain healthy, enjoyable lives. IOA provides a variety of services, from clinical mental health assessments to individual counseling and support groups.

IOA Psychological Services

IOA's Department of Psychology provides comprehensive mental health services tailored specifically to the needs of older adults. Experienced clinicians specialize in understanding the effects of aging on the body and the mind, and deliver caring and culturally sensitive support where it is most convenient for the client—at home, residential communities, day programs, or in our offices. Services include individual counseling, support groups, memory assessments and psychological testing and assessment. Learn More

Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention

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. Learn More

The friendship line

A 24-hour support line, the Friendship Line reaches out to older adults by phone, offering support, reassurance, counseling, crisis intervention, abuse prevention, medication reminders, well-being checks, and information and referrals. Trained staff and compassionate volunteers receive calls and make outgoing calls, offering an ongoing connection for many depressed or lonely older adults. Any person aged 60 years or older, their family members, or any concerned friends can call the Friendship Line and speak with a caring staff member or volunteer. Learn More

Bay Area Jewish Healing Center

Living with illness, traumatic loss, grief and bereavement often requires more that medical assistance. The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (BAJHC) provides compassionate spiritual care to those living with illness, to those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved. Rabbinic care, chaplaincy, counseling, and spiritual direction are available at home, in hospitals, in hospices, or in care facilities. The Jewish Healing Center also offers spiritual support groups for patients, caregivers, and the bereaved. Learn More

Support Groups

The process of aging can be disorienting, especially when accompanied by chronic illness, loss of loved ones or abuse. Caring for loved ones experiencing chronic illness and memory loss is also a challenge. Sometimes it helps to be with others. Meeting with others can help an individual through times of great loss, trauma, disorientation, and change. Support groups offer individuals an opportunity to share their similar experiences and support one another. They provide a safe environment to work through pain and confusion under the guidance of a trained professional. IOA offers a number of groups, including grief & loss, chronic illness, and memory loss. IOA also provides a support group specifically for caregivers supporting family members through the pain of memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer's. Learn More