Application of virtual reality for dementia management

Age is recognized as the major factors of dementia, especially in for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Given to the aged population, the increased number of demented population has been receiving a great impact in our society. Unfortunately, so far, no cured medicines have been demonstrated to provide effe...

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Published in:Brain Science Advances 2022-09, Vol.8 (3), p.210-220
Main Authors: Yang, Yuan-Han, Situmeang, Rocksy FV, Ong, Paulus Anam, Liscic, Rajka M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Anxiety
Apathy
Behavior
Caregivers
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Computer applications
Dementia
Dementia disorders
Design
Hallucinations
Institutionalization
Intervention
Neurodegenerative diseases
Patients
Virtual reality
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Summary:Age is recognized as the major factors of dementia, especially in for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Given to the aged population, the increased number of demented population has been receiving a great impact in our society. Unfortunately, so far, no cured medicines have been demonstrated to provide effective treatment in AD. The combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions has been proposed to manage dementia with potential benefits especially in decreasing caregiver’s burden and behavior, as well as psychological problems of demented patients. Recently, giving to the glorious development in digital technologies, the virtual reality, one of the non-pharmacological interventions has been used extensively in dementia managements for its strengths which can be adapted in accordance with the heterogeneous needs from demented patients and their caregivers. However, various study designs and other reasons made these results difficult to be interpreted. In this review our goal is to provide a better understanding for these points.
ISSN:2096-5958
2096-5958
2398-2128
DOI:10.26599/BSA.2022.9050019