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Telehealth programs are both cost-effective and more convenient alternatives to in-person interventions in people with dementia, especially as the dementia progresses. In a noninferiority, randomized, controlled trial, researchers examined two methods of delivering the Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments (COPE) program — telehealth or face-to-face, home-based sessions.
The study population comprised 63 dyads of informal caregivers and individuals with dementia displaying behavioral disturbances or disrupted activities of daily living. The manual-based intervention, delivered by occupational therapists, involved up to eight 60-minute sessions; in the telehealth group, the first two sessions were home-based, with the remainder …