This introductory course equips health care professionals with essential knowledge and strategies to deliver telehealth services that are person-centered, equitable, accessible, integrated, and coordinated. Participants will explore best practices for adapting telehealth to meet needs of aging populations, ensuring high-quality, inclusive care.
Telehealth Solutions to Enhance Services in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings
In this webinar, Dr. Dallas Nelson and Dr. Suzanne Gillespie, Associate Professors of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, shared strategies for delivering telehealth services to older adults in post-acute and long-term care settings.
Optimizing Telehealth for Older Adults with Complex Care Needs
In this webinar Dr. Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Medical Director, and Anthony Nappi, Nurse Liaison of Virginia IMPACT at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, outlined approaches to strengthening telehealth delivery and care coordination for older adults with complex needs. A panel discussion followed with Dr. Christine Ritchie, Chair in Geriatrics and Director of Research in the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Kristin Rising, Executive Director of the Jefferson Center for Connected Care and Professor at Thomas Jefferson University. The panel offered key perspectives on advancing equitable care for this vulnerable population.
Implementing Age-Inclusive Telebehavioral Health
This implementation guide provides healthcare providers and organizations with a comprehensive framework for delivering effective telebehavioral health services to older adults. Each behavioral health care model included offers practical examples of how to incorporate the Principles and Guidelines for Telehealth and Aging, ensuring the specific needs of older adults are met.
Telehealth Implementation Strategies for Person-Centered Care
The person-centered care implementation strategies offer real-world examples of how healthcare providers and organizations can apply the Principle 1 Telehealth and Aging Guidelines across various clinical settings.
Developing Age-Inclusive Telehealth Technologies for Hospital-level Care at Home
Case study highlighting how Medically Home’s technology and operational support are assisting health systems in delivering hospital-level care at home while addressing the unique needs of older adults.
Guided Oral Hygiene: A Virtual Intervention to Improve Oral Health
Manuscript detailing how to create a workforce model that can be effective in improving oral health of adults 69 to 100 who live in a long-term care facility.
A systematic review of digital health technologies for the care of older adults during COVID-19 pandemic.
A review showing evidence on use of digital health technology with older adults during COVID-19 pandemic.
Telehealth for the cognitively impaired older adult and their caregivers: lessons from a coordinated approach
A paper discussing the findings from the CCARRE program whose aim is to provide care for older adults with cognitive impairment in New York City.
Doctoring from home: Physicians’ perspectives on the advantages of remote care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
A qualitative study aimed to explore the benefits of telehealth for primary care physicians and their patients through semi-structured interviews.
Targeted Telehealth Education Increases Interest in Using Telehealth Among a Diverse Group of Low-Income Adults
This study aimed to increase telehealth usage among vulnerable, low-income, minority older adults by providing education on telehealth and addressing its barriers.
A commentary focused on the lessons and perspectives learned during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding telehealth utilization in LTCF.