Doctors working with virtual reality visited Broughton House Veteran Care in Salford to provide elderly residents with experimental therapies.
The immersive 360-degree experience helps people who may no longer be able to travel and can support people with dementia using reminiscence therapy.
A spokesman for VR Doctors, the company which provides the service, said: “It helps the elderly feeling trapped and lacking stimulation, and promotes brain activity.
“Ninety-five per cent of people have reported feeling better and being enhanced after using virtual reality experiences.”
VR Doctors is pioneering the treatment across the country. It can create and dictate the images people see which means they can be altered so that users have a personalised immersive experience.
This provides them with important visuals and takes them back to where they used to live and tries to remind them of valuable memories. This crucial project is helping to show the medical benefits of virtual reality.
For many who haven’t left the building since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, this treatment is more important than ever and provides a unique experience.
Regarding the effects of Covid on care homes, the VR Doctors spokesman said: “Especially since Covid, seniors have been trapped and stuck which has got worse. Care homes all over the country for a few years have had no activity, no stimulation or brain activity.”
He said the impact of the VR experience on people in care homes such as Broughton House had been outstanding with many people being brought to tears as they felt they could still travel the world, rather than look at four walls as if it was a cell.
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