New study results show that seniors in SNFs believe using VR tech overwhelmingly helped address feelings of loneliness and social isolation.
Author: McKnight's Senior Living
New study results show that seniors in SNFs believe using VR tech overwhelmingly helped address feelings of loneliness and social isolation.
A study of the effects of immersive technology on senior living residents showed “significant” increases of social health and connection, as well as feelings of trust in their communities, according to the collaborators.
The use of VR for training nurses has been “extensively implemented” over the past 15 years, a new bibliometric study affirms.
New applications of special technology are giving older adults VR access to somewhere more intimate and personal: their own home.
A VR-based platform that may treat chronic conditions could be another game changer for senior living residents.
Researchers in Australia are using AR technology to make medical exams in long-term care facilities more efficient.
Artificial intelligence and virtual reality have increasingly proved to be effective tools in improving health.
Fully immersive virtual reality is an emerging and promising therapeutic tool to manage psychosocial disorders in older adults, according to a new study.
Virtual reality-based therapies are now covered by insurance for some New York long-term care residents under a new partnership with an institutional special needs plan. The offering is not available to assisted living residents yet, but coverage is planned for next year.