Exploring the Design of Tailored Virtual Reality Experiences for People with Dementia

Hodge, James; Balaam, Madeline; Hastings, Sandra; Morrissey, Kellie

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“…Two studies used a Virtual Glove as interactivity device and the rest of the studies (5/12) used Xsens sensors, Vizard, Keyboard, EEG-based BMI, and Kinect to allow the user to interact with the VE. From the analysis it was derived that most of the dementia studies used a Google Cardboard (3/4) (Hodge et al, 2018;Rose et al, 2019;Tabbaa et al, 2019) and an eMagin Z800 (1/4) (Mendez et al, 2015) VR device with no interactivity sensors (1) A simple apartment, which allowed participants to turn their head and see out of a window; (2) A park, based on a local park in the area; (3) A tropical beach with a horse running along the sand.…”

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Virtual Reality Applications for Neurological Disease: A Review

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Recent advancements in Virtual Reality (VR) immersive technologies provide new tools for the development of novel and promising applications for neurological rehabilitation. The purpose of this paper is to review the emerging VR applications developed for the evaluation and treatment of patients with neurological diseases. We start by discussing the impact of novel VR tasks that encourage and facilitate the patient's empowerment and involvement in the rehabilitation process. Then, a systematic review was carried out on six well-known electronic libraries using the terms: "Virtual Reality AND Neurorehabilitation," or "Head Mounted Display AND Neurorehabilitation." This review focused on fully-immersive VR systems for which 12 relevant studies published in the time span of the last five years (from 2014 to 2019) were identified. Overall, this review paper examined the use of VR in certain neurological conditions such as dementia, stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis. Most of the studies reveal positive results suggesting that VR is a feasible and effective tool in the treatment of neurological disorders. In addition, the finding of this systematic literature review suggested that low-cost, immersive VR technologies can prove to be effective for clinical rehabilitation in healthcare, and home-based setting with practical implications and uses. The development of VR technologies in recent years has resulted in more accessible and affordable solutions that can still provide promising results. Concluding, VR and interactive devices resulted in the development of holistic, portable, accessible, and usable systems for certain neurological disease interventions. It is expected that emerging VR technologies and tools will further facilitate the development of state of the art applications in the future, exerting a significant impact on the wellbeing of the patient.

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Virtual Reality Applications for Neurological Disease: A Review

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“…Considering the design of tailored VR games for people with dementia, Hodge et al [145] proposed some directions when designing a VR game for people with dementia, based on two workshops that involved VR experiences carried out in a local dementia care charity. Directions include paying attention to the physical design of the headset, so it is not too heavy and uncomfortable for the user; to include shared experiences, such as screen displaying the same view as the headset, so keepers and loved ones can also interact and guide the person with dementia; to use the full spectrum of sensory experiences, such as including ambient sounds and music in the game, to make the best use of senses and abilities that are still remaining in the person with dementia; personalize the game to each individual, according to his own preferences or allow the keeper to configure the environment; and finally to position the person with dementia as an active participant.…”

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Physiological and Behavior Monitoring Systems for Smart Healthcare Environments: A Review

Rodrigues

Postolache

Cercas

2020

Sensors

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Healthcare optimization has become increasingly important in the current era, where numerous challenges are posed by population ageing phenomena and the demand for higher quality of the healthcare services. The implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) in the healthcare ecosystem has been one of the best solutions to address these challenges and therefore to prevent and diagnose possible health impairments in people. The remote monitoring of environmental parameters and how they can cause or mediate any disease, and the monitoring of human daily activities and physiological parameters are among the vast applications of IoT in healthcare, which has brought extensive attention of academia and industry. Assisted and smart tailored environments are possible with the implementation of such technologies that bring personal healthcare to any individual, while living in their preferred environments. In this paper we address several requirements for the development of such environments, namely the deployment of physiological signs monitoring systems, daily activity recognition techniques, as well as indoor air quality monitoring solutions. The machine learning methods that are most used in the literature for activity recognition and body motion analysis are also referred. Furthermore, the importance of physical and cognitive training of the elderly population through the implementation of exergames and immersive environments is also addressed.

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“…The preceding SWOT analysis and ensuing assessments provide practical information that allows translating general VR intervention's requirements into concrete tailor-made design specifications (Hodge et al, 2018). Accordingly, we propose a set of guidelines which have been adapted to specifically address the broad range of intended purposes and desired experience modalities representative of most VR-based neurocognitive care interventions for ADRD.…”

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“…There are additional strategies to promote engagement, e.g. making the neurocognitive assistive care intervention in the form of a recreational experience (Hodge et al, 2018). Recreation in general promotes motivation and translates into significant improvement of engagement.…”

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Virtual reality-based cognitive healthcare interventions: User-centered design considerations, guidelines and framework

García-Betances¹,

Mf²,

Mta³

2019

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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Design of computer-based non-pharmacological cognitive healthcare interventions for people afflicted by chronic neurodegenerative impairments must be soundly informed by and clearly centered on users' distinctive disabilities. In this article we present a use-oriented analysis of those cognitive interventions intended for healthcare of patients with Alzheimer's dementia and related disorders that use human-computer interaction based on virtual reality technology. The analysis identifies the most important strengths and weakness, and describes and assesses the main key opportunities and challenges inherent to the use of this type of cognitive healthcare interventions. The most critical specific usability concerns that considerably affect these interventions are described in order to be directly addressed during a user-centered design process. Significant evaluation issues that still trouble these interventions' general acceptance are also included. On the basis of this analysis, appropriate actions are recommended to help minimize accessibility and usability issues. Finally, concrete design guidelines, and a framework with its road map are proposed to direct the design process. The proposed framework's more outstanding features and functionalities are described in relation to user-centered design conceptualization, implementation and assessment. The use of a consistent usercentered design methodology, such as the one proposed here to tackle the main critical obstacles, could turn out to become the key that allows to achieve a substantial improvement of VR-based cognitive healthcare interventions effectiveness. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords: Computerized cognitive healthcare, Virtual reality for healthcare, Non-pharmacological cognitive healthcare, Alzheimer's dementia.

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Exploring the Design of Tailored Virtual Reality Experiences for People with Dementia

Cited by 113 publications

References 52 publications

Virtual Reality Applications for Neurological Disease: A Review

Virtual Reality Applications for Neurological Disease: A Review

Physiological and Behavior Monitoring Systems for Smart Healthcare Environments: A Review

Virtual reality-based cognitive healthcare interventions: User-centered design considerations, guidelines and framework

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