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Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes


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Virtual reality to help dementia carers walk in peoples shoes
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have created an immersive virtual reality experience to improve participants’ 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 UWA’s 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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