Resources

Free 24/7 call, text or chat with a trained counsellor for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, or when you simply cannot cope. No emergency required.

Crisis and warmlines

Research and education centre focused specifically on growing older with HIV, publishing findings and training clinicians on older patients.

HIV and sexual health

Free round-the-clock line staffed by trained specialists for questions about memory loss, managing difficult behaviours, care planning and caregiver burnout. Support in over 200 languages.

Caregiver support

Free searchable database for finding respite care in your state so you can get a break from caregiving.

Caregiver support

Free online screening that asks a few questions and tells you which benefit programmes you likely qualify for to help with food, medicine, utilities and health costs.

Aging and senior services

Free phone line where a caregiving specialist works through your specific situation, plus virtual support groups. Monday to Friday, 8am–7pm ET.

Caregiver support

Free directory for finding your nearest LGBTQ+ community centre, usually the fastest route to local senior groups, coffee mornings and peer support.

Social connection and community

Coalition producing free research and fact sheets on ageing as an LGBT person or a person of colour, and pressing policymakers on those specific needs.

Advocacy and civil rights

Federal call line and website that tells you which local agencies near you handle meals, transport, home care, benefits and elder abuse, and connects you to them.

Aging and senior services

Free guidance, condition-specific fact sheets, support groups and a state-by-state services directory for anyone caring for an adult with a physical or cognitive illness.

Caregiver support

Postcode search for HUD-approved counsellors who give free or very low-cost advice on rent, mortgages, reverse mortgages and avoiding foreclosure or eviction.

Housing and long-term care

Free confidential legal information service on LGBTQ+ and HIV legal questions, strongest for New England residents, alongside national impact litigation.

Legal and elder law