Sodium Watchers Program - Hypertension

The Sodium Watcher Program -Hypertension intervention consists of 14 weeks of education \[4 weekly education sessions (45 minutes)followed by 5 bi-weekly sessions 5-20 minutes\] that will be held at the dyads' preferred time delivered to their homes using a video conferencing program through an iPad.

Participants in the usual care group receive their routine medical and nursing care for hypertension that consists of a recommendation to follow a sodium restricted diet and take medications as ordered. Usual care consists of recommendations to follow a sodium restricted diet, but without explicit skills training including instructions on gradual adaptation to sodium restricted diet, follow-up of progress or provision of monitoring.