COVID-19 / Stay Connected

Stay Connected Program

The “Stay Connected” Program involves outreach and support to older adults experiencing greater isolation due to COVID-19. Participants may be identified by the primary care team, or identified via contact with known housing or social service agencies in the grantees’ communities.

Stay Connected Program
- Document Includes:
  - Initial Call: Brief Checklist
  - Initial Call: Client Engagement and Needs Assessment
  - Follow-up Call: Brief Checklist
  - Follow-up Call
  - Client Resources and Education Materials
    - Resource sheet
    - A vicious cycle
    - List of pleasant & rewarding activities

The program was introduced to Care Partners sites in April of 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. The program is focused on using phone calls to more effectively reach out to isolated older adults. The Stay Connected program will now roll out to senior centers and public housing facilities in Washington. Click here for the news release about it.

UW PSYCHIATRY RESOURCES:

Resources for COVID-19

CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)

COVID managing Anxiety and Stress

APA (American Psychological Association)

WHO (World Health Organization)

GSA (Gerontological Society of America)

Distancing: Physical separation without social isolation

AGS (American Geriatrics Society)

SIREN (Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network)

COVID-19 Resource Page

Race Equity Tools

COVID-19 Race Equity & Social Justice Resources

IOA (Institute on Aging)

Friendship Line: Institute on Aging’s 24-hour toll-free Friendship Line is the only accredited crisis line in the country for people aged 60 years and older, and adults living with disabilities (800.971.0016)

California 2-1-1