Toolkit intended to help providers manage care for seniors at PACE programs utilizing various telehealth tools.
Leveraging Telehealth in Long-Term Care
Toolkit assembled by the University of Virginia to leverage telehealth in long term care and promote best practices for supporting vulnerable populations.
Using Telehealth to Provide Care Delivery Options to Patients
Case study highlighting Jefferson Health’s telehealth program, offering patients diverse care options, and promoting collaboration among providers, patients, and caregivers. The program’s emphasis on provider education and support to providers has resulted in increased comfort in using telehealth with vulnerable populations.
A Practical Guide to Telehealth: Implementing telehealth in post-acute and long-term care settings
Toolkit to support organizations that want to effectively implement telehealth in post-acute and long-term care settings.
A practical guide to expanding home-based primary care with telehealth.
Toolkit to support organizations that want to more efficiently deliver home-based care to older adults.
Equity in Telehealth: Toolkit for Telehealth Providers
This toolkit provides telehealth providers with tools that prioritize an equity-focused approach, recognizing the physical, cognitive, linguistic, and cultural differences among older adults.
Identifying Barriers to Telehealth Home-Based Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Illness — The HomePal Study
Research report on the HomePal study which provides evidence and policy guidance to ensure effective, quality home-based palliative care through telehealth.
Perceived benefits of geriatric specialty telemedicine among rural patients and caregivers
Benefits of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of geriatric specialty telemedicine service (GRECC Connect) among older patients and caregivers in rural areas
Competencies for video telemedicine with older adult patients
Manuscript describes competencies for telemedicine with older adults for health professionals who treat them.
Connecting the disconnect: Leveraging an in-home team member for video visits for older adults
A study showing gaps in the digital divide between older and young adults using video visits.
Impact of Telehealth on Hospitalization of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study was designed to evaluate the telehealth and adoption of the technology during the pandemic.
Telehealth with older adults: Getting it right
Telehealth being available for older adults can only have a clear advantage if there are guidelines in place to help facilitate its deployment and use. This specifically is targeted towards older patients who may be “complex” or “vulnerable” in these settings. The guidelines are sorted into 3 main categories in which each domain must be considered in order to ensure high-quality telehealth-facilitated care will be able to properly be delivered to older adults.