The Potential and Pitfalls of Telehealth to Support an Aging Population

Chair(s)

• WB

  Walter Boot, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Psychology
  Florida State University
  Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Lauren Moo, MD (she/her/hers)

  NE GRECC Site Director
  Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
  Veterans Health Administration
  Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
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  Omolola Adepoju, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Health Systems and Population Health Sciences
  University of Houston
  Houston, Texas, United States
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  Paul Freddolino, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  School of Social Work
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan, United States

  Slides Handouts
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  Fuad Abujarad, PhD, MSc

  Associate Professor
  Emergency Medicine
  Yale University School of Medicine
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States

  Slides
• MG

  Megan Gately, PhD, OTD, OTR/L

  Occupational Therapy Health Scientist
  Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
  VA Bedford Health Care System
  Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

As the population ages, telehealth services are becoming increasingly prevalent and important to help support older adults' aging in place and manage their health at a distance. However, older adults often face barriers such as technology proficiency, physical and cognitive capacity, and lack of technical support to access and use telehealth. Designers and researchers need to design and evaluate telehealth interventions tailored to older adults’ needs to ensure these technology-based solutions meet their potential. This session will present a variety of technology-based research exploring the development, evaluation, and implementation of telehealth programs and interventions to better support older adults aging in place. L. Moo will present quantitative and qualitative data on challenges veterans experienced with clinical pharmacists' video visits. L. Adepoju will present factors associated with in-person-only, telemedicine-only, and hybrid healthcare visits among older adults. P. Freddolino will present an evaluation of a telehealth 101 mini-course offered to older adults. F. Abujarad will discuss the development and evaluation of a digital health intervention (VOICES) to increase elder mistreatment identification. Finally, M. Gately will describe a study of person factors and environmental factors on older adults’ capacity to participate in video telehealth sessions. Older adult barriers and areas of improvement in telehealth design will be discussed throughout this session.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Direct Observation of Older Adults Video Telemedicine Challenges
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Lauren R. Moo, MD (she/her/hers) – Veterans Health Administration
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Comparing In-Person Only, Telemedicine Only, and Hybrid Health Care Visits Among Older Adults in Safety-Net Clinics
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Omolola E. Adepoju, PhD – University of Houston
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Patient-Focused Telehealth 101: Content, Results, Feedback, and Plans for Revision and Expansion
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Paul Peter Freddolino, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Feasibility of a Digital Elder Mistreatment Intervention for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Fuad Abujarad, PhD, MSc – Yale University School of Medicine
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Influence of Person and Environmental Factors on Older Adult Engagement in Video Telehealth
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Megan Gately, PhD, OTD, OTR/L – VA Bedford Health Care System