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How one telewellness project focused on helping older adults with mobility disabilities age in place by Tracy L. Mitzner, PhD, and Elena Remillard, MS

For many older adults, the ability to interact with others is an essential component of their quality of life, no matter where they are living. One of the most valued aspects of senior living communities, for example, is the wide range of opportunities for social engagement. ...Social connection is important not only for feelings of well-being, but it has also been linked to health outcomes.... Yet not all older adults are mobile, nor do they all have family and social relationships, let alone health-sustaining activities, within daily reach. With these limitations in mind, one promising solution to increasing social connectedness and access to health and wellness programs among older adults with disabilities--and by extension, also to those without disabilities--is tele-technology.

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