VR Technology is Helping The Aging Process and Advancing Healthcare
Everybody and everything ages. As technology matures, the possibilities for its applications are expanding, and businesses and consumers are making better use of it. Cutting-edge long-term care facilities are already using virtual reality to enhance the experience of senior living, and in recent years, health care researchers have turned their to using the latest technologies to improve care and treatment outcomes among the aging population. There are currently VR programs for seniors that are engineered that elicit memories, provide entertainment and promote socialization. These are high-demand services, as more children are finding it difficult - if not impossible – to provide …show more content…
Technology is making it easier for practitioners to integrated care in the treatment environment. Research and development is an ongoing initiative for health care companies, and they’re are starting the recognize the value in catering to the rapidly expanding senior demographic. Simultaneously, providers are developing innovative and effective treatment practices, such as integrative care, to promote better health outcomes among the population, an important concept for facilitating collaboration between providers who practice varying …show more content…
To date, VR has proved exceptionally effective in treating patients who are diagnosed with phobias and other cognitive conditions. Physicians are also making progress in treating conditions that afflict the senior population, such as Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and depression and have also succeeded in using the technology for stroke rehabilitation.
Up until now, most virtual reality research and development has involved treatments that are delivered in a controlled clinical environment. Like many other health care innovations, VR devices and programs designed for medical treatment will undergo intense testing and scrutiny before lawmakers permit physicians to freely treat patients using the technology.
The implementation of VR as a solution for treatment comes during a period in medical history when the field is shifting its focus to patient-centered and personalized health care. Meanwhile, there are already many virtual reality programs that seniors can use for stress relief, meditation and relaxation.
Virtual Reality: Looking
Everybody and everything ages. As technology matures, the possibilities for its applications are expanding, and businesses and consumers are making better use of it. Cutting-edge long-term care facilities are already using virtual reality to enhance the experience of senior living, and in recent years, health care researchers have turned their to using the latest technologies to improve care and treatment outcomes among the aging population. There are currently VR programs for seniors that are engineered that elicit memories, provide entertainment and promote socialization. These are high-demand services, as more children are finding it difficult - if not impossible – to provide …show more content…
Technology is making it easier for practitioners to integrated care in the treatment environment. Research and development is an ongoing initiative for health care companies, and they’re are starting the recognize the value in catering to the rapidly expanding senior demographic. Simultaneously, providers are developing innovative and effective treatment practices, such as integrative care, to promote better health outcomes among the population, an important concept for facilitating collaboration between providers who practice varying …show more content…
To date, VR has proved exceptionally effective in treating patients who are diagnosed with phobias and other cognitive conditions. Physicians are also making progress in treating conditions that afflict the senior population, such as Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and depression and have also succeeded in using the technology for stroke rehabilitation.
Up until now, most virtual reality research and development has involved treatments that are delivered in a controlled clinical environment. Like many other health care innovations, VR devices and programs designed for medical treatment will undergo intense testing and scrutiny before lawmakers permit physicians to freely treat patients using the technology.
The implementation of VR as a solution for treatment comes during a period in medical history when the field is shifting its focus to patient-centered and personalized health care. Meanwhile, there are already many virtual reality programs that seniors can use for stress relief, meditation and relaxation.
Virtual Reality: Looking