A study measuring telehealth’s impact in facilitating advance care planning (ACP) discussions for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease-related disorders as an alternative to in-person primary care visits.
Senior Navigator: Central Virginia’s Guide for Aging Well and Caregiving 2023
A joint project of The Lindsay Institute for Innovations in Caregiving, VirginiaNavigator and The Daily Progress, the 2023 edition of Senior Navigator features insights and advice from thought leaders in aging and caregiving. Includes valuable insights on the use of telehealth in the care of older adults.
If You Give Them Away, It Still May Not Work: Challenges to Video Telehealth Device Use Among the Urban Homebound
Report following the case study of a large urban home-based primary care program that addressed barriers to video telehealth by disseminating cellular-enabled tablets.
Isolating together during COVID-19: Results from the Telehealth Intervention Program for older adults.
Research article highlights the challenge of isolation of older adults in the community especially during COVID-19, and how TIP-OA (Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults) is able to combat the challenge of isolation. This program is volunteer-based and includes friendly telephone conversations on a regular bases to older adults who may struggle with stress, depression, anxiety or fear of COVID-19.
Toolkit for Digital Health Equity: Bridging the Digital Divide
Toolkit explaining methods to increase reach to older adults with mental illness and adapt telehealth practices for Latinx communities.
ActiveHip+: A feasible mHealth system for the recovery of older adults after hip surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A study testing the feasiility of ActiveHip+ mHealth tool to aid older afults post hip surgery.
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 patietns who may be “complex” or “vulnerable” in these settings. The guidelines are sorted into 3 main categories in which each domain must be cnosidered in order to ensure high-quality telehealth-facilated care will be able to properly be delivered to older adults.
The Geriatric 5M Approach to Telemedicine Assessment: A Podcast with Lauren Moo
Behavioral neurologist Lauren Moo walks listeners through the geriatric 5M framework and its application to the medium of telemedicine.
Virtual geriatric clinics and the COVID-19 catalyst: a rapid review
Rapid review analyzing satisfaction, clinical benefit, and challenges with virtual geriatric clinics initiated by COVID-19.
The Digital Divide: Do Older Adults with Serious Illness Access Telemedicine?
Comparison of digital access between older adults with serious illness and a control group in a nationally representative cohort study.
Telemedicine for Older Adult Nursing Home Residents to Avoid Emergency Department Visits: The Experience of the NHTeleED Project in Maryland
Case study regarding using telemedicine to reduce ED visits among older adult nursing facility residents.
A commentary focused on the lessons and perspectives learned during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding telehealth utilization in LTCF.