Crisis Call Center’s
Senior Connection
1-800-992-5757
Nevada -- Statewide -- Toll Free -- 24 Hour Hotline
(775) 784-8090
Reno Area -- Local Number -- 24 Hour Hotline(775) 784-8085 Business Phone -- Monday –Friday – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Senior Connection program provides 24-hour, toll free, crisis intervention, prevention, support, and education to enhance the independence and well-being of older citizens throughout Nevada.
Older citizens have the potential to be a rich resource in their communities, offering wisdom, experience and civic-mindedness. Seniors also share unique concerns, losses, and risks that too often prevent them from continuing to realize their full potential.
Through crisis intervention, education and advocacy, the Senior Connection aims to prevent unnecessary decline and helps seniors achieve and maintain the greatest degree possible of self-sufficiency.
Senior Connection Provides
After hours elder abuse and neglect reporting--1-800-992-5757
Statewide for Nevada Division of Aging Services/Elder Protective Services.
Response to after-hours calls to Washoe County Senior Services
Assistance for seniors with immediate concerns and referral for follow-up, at caller’s request, to Washoe County Social Services -- (775) 328-2575
Informational presentations to senior groups in Northern Nevada
On issues relevant to their emotional well being and continued self-sufficiency --(775) 784-8085
Volunteer Opportunities –
SENIOR CONNECTION
DEPRESSION – A frequent emotional experience for seniors.
The implications of depression in seniors affect every aspect of an individual’s quality of life – from loss of energy and happiness to serious thoughts of suicide. Prolonged depression may result in a significant disability, increased dependency and even premature death. Depression undercuts a senior’s ability to function independently.
Senior Connection’s Crisis Line Service provides a preventative service for Nevada’s seniors including:
In most cases, a call to the crisis lines interrupts the downward spiral of a state of depression, reaping benefits for the senior and the community. Because our service is anonymous and confidential, we receive calls from many people who might not otherwise seek help.
For many people, an anonymous call may feel like the only option that they have available. Elderly victims of abuse often blame themselves, feel that they will not be believed, or are afraid of retribution from abusers on whom they are dependant for basic support. People experiencing depression or difficult problems are able to call the crisis line because it is a safe option to find someone with whom to process their feelings. The crisis line worker will assess the safety of the caller’s circumstances and work through the issues that he/she is facing, and explore possible options.