Guidelines for Delivering Telewellness Programs to Older Adults with Disabilities

Article Publication Date:

8/12/2021

Summary:

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RERC) on Technologies to Support Aging-In-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities (TechSAge RERC II) published a new tool titled "Guidelines for delivering telewellness programs to older adults with disabilities." This tool provides guidelines for designing telewellness classes for older adults with disabilities and touches on design elements, such as software selection, safety, class organization and logistics, time structure and more.

Article Author:

Mitzner, T. L.; Remillard, E. T.; Cohen, K.; Cochran, L

Topics:

Accessibility

Telewellness

Telehealth

Types/Tools:

Tool

Populations:

Aging/Older Adults; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

TechSAge