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Purpose of Review

To present and analyze recent developments in remote cardiac rehabilitation for older adults, review outcomes data regarding clinical effectiveness of these modalities, and discuss implementation strategies targeted at older adults.

Recent Findings

Data from recent studies enrolling older adults into remote cardiac rehabilitation programs have yielded mixed results with some showing encouraging improvements in functional capacity and quality of life comparable to those obtained with center-based rehabilitation programs. Studies that showed no improvement in outcomes identified decreased patient engagement as an important driver of results. This underscores the importance of adapting remote cardiac rehabilitation programs to the intended population and consider factors such as digital literacy that are relevant to older adults and critical for successful implementation of cardiac rehabilitation programs.

Summary

Virtual and remote cardiac rehabilitation models continue to evolve and are important programs for providing secondary prevention for older adults but require an intentional approach when adapting for clinical practice.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-025-00453-y

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© The Author(s) 2026 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

APA Citation

Slone, S. E., D’Aoust, R., Wright, R. S., Yandle, V. A., & Barringhaus, K. G. (2026). Virtual and remote cardiac rehabilitation for older adults: Current evidence and implementation strategies. Current Geriatrics Reports, 15,4.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-025-00453-y

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