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VR Technology Offers Real-World View Of What It’s Like To Live With Age-Related Impairments

 
• By Marion Webb

Embodied Labs offers caregivers, medical students and health professionals web-immersive and VR-based training from the perspective of the aging person, creating empathy and a better understanding of the challenges aging adults face.

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• Source: Embodied Labs

A caregiver in her 20s to her mother who had Alzheimer’s disease, Carrie Shaw sought out to combine technology and visuals to help caregivers and health care providers step into the world of an aging person.

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