Suicide Prevention Organizations Fail To Recognize Older Adults As A High-Risk Target Group for Intervention

Even though older adults have the highest suicide rates of any age group, suicide prevention organizations do not target older adults for intervention. Out of seven "highly visible" online suicide prevention organizations, none had public health campaigns specifically targeting older adults. Five of the organizations provided resources for youth and other demographic groups.

Five of the seven organizations acknowledged older adults as a high-risk population. Two of the seven organizations provided resources for older adults. However, information about suicide prevention among older adults was difficult to find on the websites or was not provided in a visible and accessible . . .