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Outcomes Of A Telehealth Intervention For Homebound Older Adults With Heart Or Chronic Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Zvi Gellis, Bonnie Kenaley, Jean Mcginty, Joan Davitt, Thomas Ten Have

Bonnie Kenaley

Purpose: Telehealth care is emerging as a viable intervention model to treat complex chronic conditions, such as heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and to engage older adults in self-care disease management. Design and Methods:  We report on a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of a multifaceted telehealth intervention on health, mental health, and service utilization outcomes among homebound medically ill older adults diagnosed with HF or COPD. Random effects regression modeling was used, and we hypothesized that older adults in the telehealth intervention (n = 51) would receive significantly better quality of care resulting in …