Home-based Transitional Telecare for Older Veterans

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The project focuses on supporting home care in the post-hospitalization period (Home Health Phase), and then further optimizing the older Veterans' recovery of mobility and physical activity in the transition back to the home/community (Follow-up Phase).

Clinical Trial Description

Medicare-funded home care bridges gaps in the transition of patients from hospital to home; yet, it is a bridge with gaps of its own, having limited communication with both the discharging hospital physician and the receiving primary care provider and having limited knowledge of the longitudinal medical history of the patient. Once home care is completed, there is often no plan of continued support to transition the older Veteran back to optimal home/community function. In the Home Health Phase, a VA-home care Link Team (physician, clinical pharmacist, social worker, and physical activity trainer) will provide immediate communication/coordination between the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS) and home care agencies contracted by VAAAHS. The intervention is based on a conceptual model of home care as a bridge between hospital and home, in which three interconnected domains determine short-term and long-term outcomes: medical complexity (e.g., medication management), social complexity (e.g., caregiving, environment), and functional impairment (e.g., mobility, physical activity). The VA Link Team will provide support and assessment for each domain. The team will use telemedicine technology and wearable sensors in the home to gather patient data and facilitate communication between the patient, health care providers, and the Link Team. The Follow-up Phase begins at the end of formal home care services, when the Link Team will provide patient-centered care in two ways: 1) support for the the Veteran and caregiver in the event of changes in medical condition or medications as well as social or caregiver stressors; and 2) coaching to the Veteran and the caregiver during this transition period to optimize functional mobility and physical activity. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04045054
Study type	Interventional
Source	VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Contact	Kristin Phillips, PharmD
Phone	734-845-5564
Email	kristin.phillips@va.gov
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	September 29, 2017
Completion date	September 30, 2022

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