Virtual reality as a tool for keeping the elderly active: selected issues

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Virtual reality as a tool for keeping the elderly active: selected issues

Original language description

Rapid development in the field of assistive technologies combined with increasing digital literacy of seniors create a favorable environment for the use of virtual reality (VR) with elderly users, even those in the so-called fourth age. The use of virtual reality opens new possibilities for improving their quality of life, which is often affected by physical, mental and social deficits and a substantial reduction in autonomy. The key features of this VR technology are immersiveness and interactivity (a feature that allows the user and environment to interact). These functions play a key role in VR use to keep seniors active, for example, through memory training, sensory or sensorimotor stimulation, o reminiscence sessions. In this review, we present current findings relevant to the use of VR as a tool for keeping elderly users active. We characterize several aspects of the virtual experience representing reality and some principles for meaningful implementation of VR into the activity program of a senior or nursing home. The overview part is illustrated by partial findings of the VIREAS project. The first experiments showed that a feeling of safety and comfort, an attractive scenario, easy operation together with a suitable time of day for VR sessions play an important role in the acceptance of VR. VR, as one kind of activity in the senior or nursing home should always be a source of positive emotions. It should support memories and bring new stimuli that can be used in follow-up individual or group activities in the facility.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL02000344" target="_blank" >TL02000344: Virtual Reality in Keeping the Elderly Active</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Stárnutí 2021: Sborník příspěvků 5. Gerontologické mezioborové konference

ISBN

978-80-906237-4-3

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

160-167

Publisher name

Pražská vysoká škola psychosociálních studií

Place of publication

Praha

Event location

Praha

Event date

Feb 11, 2021

Type of event by nationality

CST - Celostátní akce

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