Promoting Technology and Virtual Visits to Improve Older Adult Mental Health in the Face of COVID-19

Prior to COVID-19, technology-delivered mental health services were a novel, innovative approach poised to potentially increase access to care among older adults. Now, these services are imperative in nearly all care. These services must be offered to older adults, who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, loneliness, social isolation, and subsequent depression. Services include video telehealth, which has a robust evidence base including among older adults.1 Internet interventions and mobile app interventions utilize a more automated approach than telehealth.

Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - May 13, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Christine E. Gould, Nathan C. Hantke Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research