Little is known how older adults with a current or recent experience of homelessness navigated the switch to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers examined the perceptions and use of telehealth, sampling from a larger longitudinal study on homeless-experienced adults in Oakland, CA. They found that the participants experienced challenges accessing the necessary technologies for telehealth.

In this qualitative study, UCSF BHHI researchers found that providing mobile testing, incentives, and trusted community members for outreach mitigated barriers to COVID-19 testing and v...