Tele-BA for Home-Delivered Meals Clients

Improving Social Connectedness in Home Delivered Meals Clients

The purpose of this study to evaluate aging-service integrated, video-conference-based approaches to improve homebound seniors' social engagement and activities.

Inclusion Criteria:

• English speaking
• Clients of the Meals on Weals program
• ≥60 years old
• Score between 6-9 on the Hughes three-item version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Dementia, as indicated by a score > 3 on the Six Item Screen
• Clinically significant depression, as indicated by a score ≥15 on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
• Active suicide risk, as indicated by a positive response on any item of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
• Uncorrectable hearing or vision impairment