What is the Role of Virtual Reality in Supporting Dementia Caregivers? [Video]

Part of the ‘Advances in Dementia Research’ webinar series. Hosted by TDRA in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Toronto (AST). For more details on this series, visit https://bit.ly/351CWvO.

Presented by Dr. Mary Chiu, this webinar provided an overview of the caregiving/care partnering role, in the context of caring for persons living with dementia, and the impact on the carers’ health and wellbeing. Dr. Chiu reviewed evidence-based interventions and training programs currently available to support carers for different aspects of this demanding role. She introduced virtual reality as a technological tool, and its usefulness in supporting individuals in different roles and life circumstances, including dementia caregiving.

Dr. Chiu introduced a study titled “Dementia Caregivers Skill Training Through Virtual Reality Simulation (VR-SIM Carers)”. This study is inviting people to participate in a project designed to adapt a caregiver training program for dementia onto a Virtual Reality (VR) platform These studies can be found here: https://tdn.alz.to/research-studies/