The purpose of this study is to see if it is feasible to recruit and retain older adults in a, weekly phone call program delivered through the Harris County Precinct 2 Healthcare and Social Services Team and to see how participation in the program affect older adults' loneliness, social isolation, psychological well-being, and satisfaction, and what barriers or challenges arise during implementation
able to provide informed consent
able to speaks English or Spanish
able to hear sufficiently using the telephone
Need for another person to consent on the participant's behalf
suspected or confirmed decision-making capacity impairments
uncontrolled psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, paranoia, delusion, or delirium
Single group
Talk2gether program
BehavioralParticipants will be paired with a trained team member. The team member will then initiate contact with the older adult(s) to begin 90 days of weekly social calls. These weekly social calls will be mostly unstructured, but supported by resource and conversation guides. At the end of 90 days, if the older adult wishes to continue to receive calls, that request will be accommodated
Program Feasibility as assessed by number of participants recruited
Program Feasibility as assessed by number of participants that adhered to the weekly calls
Feasibility as assessed by number of participants that completed the program
Feasibility as assessed by number of participants that encountered barriers or challenges as assessed by the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
This is an 8 item questionnaire and Items 2, 4, 5, and 8 are reverse scored. Total scores range from 8 to 32, with the higher number indicating greater satisfaction
Change in social connectedness as assessed by the Lubben Social Network Scale-6
This is a 6-item self-report measure assessing perceived social support and social network size from family and friends. Each item is scored from 0 to 5, and total scores range from 0 to 30. Higher scores indicate greater social connectedness and lower risk of social isolation
Change in loneliness as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Social Isolation scale
This is an 8 item scale. Each item is rated on a 5-point scale from 1(never) to 5 ( always). Raw scores range from 8 to 40 and are converted to PROMIS T-scores, with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10 in the reference population. Higher scores indicate greater perceived social isolation/loneliness.
Change in depressive symptoms as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-2
This is a 2-item self-report measure . Each item is scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). Total scores range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptom burden.
Change in signs of elder mistreatment as assessed by the Elder Mistreatment Screening and Response Tool (EM-SART).
This is a 3 item questionnaire and each will be scored as either 1(yes) or 0(no) for a maximum score of 3. Higher scores or more endorsed concerns indicate a greater number of signs suggestive of elder mistreatment
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