All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes 28/01/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:22 Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have created an immersive virtual reality experience to improve participantsΓÇÖ understanding of the effects of dementia on people who live with the condition. The program, Meaningful Spaces, is a novel, virtual reality training resource that allows healthcare workers to walk in the shoes of a person living with dementia and experience some of the challenges they face in their everyday lives. While the virtual reality scenarios are based in residential care, the principles apply across all care settings. The team from LITΓÇÖs WA Centre for Health and Ageing developed the program through the Dementia Training Australia consortium, an organisation funded by the federal government to provide training for people who care for those living with dementia. Next month, the team will be facilitating
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes 28/01/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:22 Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have created an immersive virtual reality experience to improve participantsΓÇÖ understanding of the effects of dementia on people who live with the condition.
The program, Meaningful Spaces, is a novel, virtual reality training resource that allows healthcare workers to walk in the shoes of a person living with dementia and experience some of the challenges they face in their everyday lives.
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While the virtual reality scenarios are based in residential care, the principles apply across all care settings.
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The team from LITΓÇÖs WA Centre for Health and Ageing developed the program through the Dementia Training Australia consortium, an organisation funded by the federal government to provide training for people who care for those living with dementia.
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