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Dissemination of a COVID-19 Rapid Response Telehealth Group Addressing Worry and Social Isolation Among Older Adults

Author(s) -

Rachel Weiskittle

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igab046.2181

Subject(s) - worry , pandemic , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , covid-19 , telehealth , intervention (counseling) , mental health , medicine , telemedicine , deliverable , social distance , videoconferencing , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , health care , multimedia , anxiety , disease , computer science , management , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth

In response to the urgent need for virtual mental health treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic, an 8-week group intervention deliverable over video or telephone was developed and disseminated in March 2020. Manual content addressed social isolation and information related to COVID-19. In August 2020, a national web-based provider feedback survey was disseminated to evaluate feasibility of the manual. Respondents (n = 21) across a variety of geriatric mental health clinics reported this intervention to be effective and clinically useful with their patients in providing social support and in mitigating COVID-19 anxieties. The majority of respondents delivered the group in multiple cohorts and found the manual adaptable beyond the early pandemic period.

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