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Swaffham nursing home residents enjoy virtual reality experience
| Updated: 10:14, 20 January 2021
Residents at a nursing home have been enjoying fun and immersive experiences after a new virtual reality [VR] technology arrived.
Meadow House nursing home in Swaffham has purchased a new VR kit to enable residents to enjoy simulated versions of activities such as visiting underwater worlds, riding rollercoasters and sky diving.
This was made possible through generous donations from families of the residents and friends of the community of Swaffham, as well as fundraising within the home.
Virtual Reality fun for Meadow House residents in Swaffham. Picture: SUBMITTED (44023619)
The activities team is now planning regular sessions using the new equipment as part of their full and varied offering to those they support.
Visitor pod at Oaklands House in Reydon, Suffolk.
- Credit: Healthcare Homes
A care home is allowing festive visits to take place after opening a unique garden pod.
Oaklands House care home in Reydon near Southwold, which provides residential care to up to 29 people, is proud to announce the opening of a special garden ‘visitor’s pod’ in time for Christmas.
The purpose-built wooden cabin is situated in the communal garden at the home, and provides a safe space for relatives to visit residents whilst Covid-19 continues to pose a risk across the country.
Having taken a tough decision to cease all but essential or compassionate exceptional visits inside the home prior to the national lockdown in March, Healthcare Homes Group, which operates Oaklands House, has researched ways to keep residents connected with family members.