Institute on Aging: Friendship Line

Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide - FREE TO ATTEND This training is hosted by IOA’s Friendship Line. Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have long-lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities. Everyone can help prevent suicide. This course will provide information and helpful strategies for people who support those dealing with suicidal thoughts. Learning Objectives: Increase one's knowledge, and understanding of suicide Recognize warning signs Identify risk and protective factors Increase willingness and ability to intervene with a person at risk for suicide. Registration Link: REGISTER HERE (FREE)

Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide - FREE TO ATTEND This training is hosted by IOA’s Friendship Line. Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have long-lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities. Everyone can help prevent suicide. This course will provide information and helpful strategies for people who support those dealing with suicidal thoughts. Learning Objectives: Increase one's knowledge, and understanding of suicide Recognize warning signs Identify risk and protective factors Increase willingness and ability to intervene with a person at risk for suicide. Registration Link: REGISTER HERE (FREE)

Grief is the reaction to loss, and any kind of loss can trigger grief. People grieve for the loss of someone they love but also for the loss of independence, usefulness, cognitive functioning, and physical abilities. Grief is also a lifelong process: a journey rather than something that is cured. This course will teach people to recognize grief and how to respond appropriately to the grieving person. A final section on compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary stress includes strategies for professional self-care. Learning Objectives: Define grief Identify three physical changes that affect people as they age to normalize the process, […]

Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide - FREE TO ATTEND This training is hosted by IOA’s Friendship Line. Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have long-lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities. Everyone can help prevent suicide. This course will provide information and helpful strategies for people who support those dealing with suicidal thoughts. Learning Objectives: Increase one's knowledge, and understanding of suicide Recognize warning signs Identify risk and protective factors Increase willingness and ability to intervene with a person at risk for suicide. Registration Link: REGISTER HERE (FREE)