Virtual reality

A new VR platform helps train nurses for palliative care by simulating conversations between terminally ill patients, doctors and families. 

A VR nurse or companion could someday soon provide a cost-effective solution to combat senior loneliness, one report notes.

Health tech orgs are collaborating on a new funding program, envisAGE, targeted at near-ready startups for senior living innovations.

As war escalates in Israel, thousands of seniors living in the Holy Land are being gifted virtual headsets to help combat stress and PTSD. 

“Extended reality” options, such as VR and augmented reality, open up new avenues for training providers, a new white paper asserts.

VR tools are increasingly being used for purposes beyond mere entertainment. including as a therapy tool for cancer patients.

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...

Virtual reality interventions are suggested to have a positive effect on anticipatory anxiety symptoms and pain.

A senior living provider is partnering with a virtual real estate platform to become the latest LTC organization to offer virtual reality tours of their facilities.

Older adults’ vulnerability declines soon after moving into senior housing: study … Price of nursing home staffing mandate is $6.8B, 100K more workers, analysis finds … Veterans Homes of California...