Case Study
Healthcare & Senior Care
Dementia Reality®: VR training that helps long-term care workers respond to dementia with empathy.
Client
CJE SeniorLife & Elderwerks
Industry
Healthcare & Senior Care
Location
Chicago, IL
Timeline
2021–2023
Headsets deployed
Meta Quest 2
Key results
1st
VR dementia program pairing skills training with real-life obstacles
20,000
Older adults and family members CJE serves each year
Client scale
The challenge
Help long-term care workers understand, and respond with empathy to, people living with dementia.
CJE SeniorLife helps older adults pursue lives of meaning, independence and good health. It has over 300 employees and serves 20,000 older adults and their family members each year. Elderwerks Educational Services is a Chicago-based not-for-profit providing senior living coordination, advocacy and education.
Together, they wanted a new educational tool for professionals caring for older adults with dementia. The goal was more empathetic caregivers and happier, more engaged clients, with benefits for the healthcare system, for people living with dementia and for their loved ones.
The solution
Dementia Reality® uses 360° video delivered in virtual reality to create realistic, interactive scenarios. Each chapter opens on a real-life situation, and a web app gives trainers full control of group sessions.
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Each chapter opens with a real-life situation, filmed in 360° video.
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Chapters like Activities of Daily Living walk learners through everyday care.
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Scenarios address the client's needs and the caregiver's concerns.
Deployment & integration
Courses run on Quest 2 headsets. VR Vision also built a web-based app so trainers can run group sessions and assist learners easily, and trainees can earn continuing education units (CEUs) when they finish.
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Care scenarios filmed in 360° and delivered in VR.
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Trainers keep full control of sessions and can assist learners easily.
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Trainees and trainers discuss each chapter as part of the curriculum.
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Trainees can earn continuing education units after completing the course.
Inside the simulation
The Dementia Reality® lobby
Choosing a chapter in the virtual gallery
A care scenario filmed in 360° video
Scenario briefing inside the headset
Activities of Daily Living chapter menu
Assisting a client with a walker
Results & impact
The training helps caregivers improve their knowledge and quality of care, which creates a better living environment for people living with dementia. Participants learn correct care techniques and see the impact they have in their daily roles. Many describe it as an emotional experience as they reflect on how their care affects people living with dementia.
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