INCREASED SUPPORT FOR OLDER VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS USING TELEHEALTH SERVICES
Bertha Flores, Lyda Arevalo-Flechas, Rozmin Jiwani, Enelda Romo, Gabriela Zaragoza, Becky Powers, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, Sara Espinoza · 2023
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Description
Bertha Flores and co-authors describe a remote care program that brings specialist care for older patients to rural veterans and their caregivers. Five million veterans live in rural America, and in Texas many are older, disabled, and far from specialty care. The program, GRECC Connect, links local providers with a remote geriatrics team. Visits follow an age-friendly framework covering medications, thinking, mobility, overall complexity, and what matters most to the patient. The San Antonio team also partnered with caregiver and education programs.
In fiscal year 2022 the project served seventy-two veterans, sixty-six of whom had a caregiver, and most caregivers joined the dementia support program. Referrals sent patients to 248 further services, including palliative care, and the remote visits saved nearly six thousand miles of travel. The authors present the model as a way to cut the transport barriers rural veterans face when they need specialist care.
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| CREATOR | Bertha Flores, Lyda Arevalo-Flechas, Rozmin Jiwani, Enelda Romo, Gabriela Zaragoza, Becky Powers, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, Sara Espinoza |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |