Telehealth in long-term care facilities during COVID-19 pandemic – lessons learned from patients, physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers

A commentary focused on the lessons and perspectives learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in regards to telehealth utilization in LTCF.

Enhancing Telehealth Competency: Development and Evaluation of Education Modules for Older Adults

Article describing co-design of telehealth training modules in concordance with older adults and evaluating the impact of training on telehealth accessibility.

What to Say During Telehealth Visits With Older Adults

Article from IHI providing a framework for productive telehealth wellness checks for older adults using the Age-Friendly 4Ms (what Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility).

Connecting Care Through Telehealth for Long Term Services and Supports

Online course from NRTRC for clinicians and caregivers informing best practices for coordinating telehealth care in LTSS settings.

Teleheath Provider tool: Telehealth Glossary. reegarding Vision and/or Hearing Impairments.

Fact sheet that serves as a glossary for interpreters and health providers to. use with a glossary of terms related to Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind patients.

Teleheath Provider tool: Working with patients who are hearing and/ or vision impaired

Guidance of best practices to assist in hosting telemedicine visit for patients who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or DeadBlind.

Patient tool: Improving internet and device fun auctioning for telehealth visits

Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients instructing how to improve their content and devices for optimum functioning during telehealth visits

Patient tool: Connecting Hearing devices to audio during telehealth video meetings

Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients with detailed instructions on how to connect their hearing devices to audio for teleath video meetings

Patient tool: captioning technology for mobile phone calls

Fact sheet on how to enable captioning on mobile calls

Patient tool: amplification for telehealth, video conferencing phone calls

Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients to reference in order to know how to amplify the sound during a telehealth appointment.

Patient tool: tips for improving visual communication for telehealth video visits

Fact sheet suggesting tips for hard of hearing patients to help improve the visual aspect of communicating for telehealth visits

Patient tool: pre-appointment checklist for Hard of Hearing People Using Telehealth

Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients listing important pre-appointment things that need to be done prior to the telehealth call in order to prepare adequately