For my LINK Internship I spent around 7 months working with a local company Amia and the La Plata County Senior Center learning about elder care and the lack of emotional support for the older adults in our communities and lives. Longevity is increasing in the United States and more and more elders are becoming depressed from social isolation, leading the 65+ age group to account for 1/5 of all suicides in the US. Through my LINK, I learned about how to support elders emotionally and how to prevent mental illness from going untreated among seniors.