McKnight’s Senior Living February 2, 2024
New assistive technologies are transforming older adults’ lives for the better, reducing tremors in people living with Parkinson’s and restoring walking ability in stroke survivors.
But for these tools to be used, both older adults and their caregivers need to better learn how to use them.
The proliferation of assistive tech has created a new need for caregiver training, and virtual reality can help this learning process, a new study shows.
The study focused on the importance of “experiential learning” for undergraduates, which they defined as a hands-on approach, rather than a purely academic understanding of how new technology is used.
Just more than 60 third-year medical students studying gerontology and long-term care subjects agreed to participate in the...
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