Brilliant. I can completely understand why this would be very soothing to alz patients. This is great and I'm happy to see these kinds of developments. I think this will be pure win for dementia patients.
The only thing missing in those videos are the animals. If it were me, I'd add some in there. That's just me, though. I think one of the things I'm going to miss the most, if I live long enough, is being able to have animals in my world if I end up in a NH. A realistic zoo video would be sweet, too. And birds. lol My mom loved to watch the birds on the feeders. She really enjoyed it when a new bird she'd never seen before popped up and she'd get happy and excited about it. I made sure those feeders stayed full. With my own mom it got harder to keep her attention. I think videos like this would have been very helpful.
Again, it makes me happy when I hear that awesome new things like this are becoming available with the elderly in mind, especially those with alz/dementia. :)
I really wish this would have been around for my mom.
As I was watching the different videos, all I kept thinking was, "Oh my goodness! I see those "ants" all the time when I'm in the bathroom." And the squiggly wall, dresser? I see that sometimes."
Because of the "ants" crawling all over the floor and then disappears, and the squiggly movements of inanimate objects, I thought I was getting glaucoma. So, I made an appointment with the eye specialist. He couldn't find anything wrong other than floaters.
I, too, wonder about how they know this is what dementia people see. But, there are some people who maybe can still communicate with what they see. Those with the different stages of dementia. I hope it will work if it helps those with dementia feel better.
I did not know that a dementia patient saw everyday objects in such a weird fashion. I do not see how the video will help them however. If it does, that is wonderful. We have a huge backyard and Mom spends most of her time there and we even eat lunch out there together.
While these sorts of simulations are very impressive, and they appear to recreate a level of difficulty in interacting with environment that is somehow equivalent to that experienced by people with dementia, I'm skeptical of their actual veracity. How do the creators know what people with demential see and hear?
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Will it Work? Video Game Empowers People Living With Dementia
The only thing missing in those videos are the animals. If it were me, I'd add some in there. That's just me, though. I think one of the things I'm going to miss the most, if I live long enough, is being able to have animals in my world if I end up in a NH. A realistic zoo video would be sweet, too. And birds. lol My mom loved to watch the birds on the feeders. She really enjoyed it when a new bird she'd never seen before popped up and she'd get happy and excited about it. I made sure those feeders stayed full. With my own mom it got harder to keep her attention. I think videos like this would have been very helpful.
Again, it makes me happy when I hear that awesome new things like this are becoming available with the elderly in mind, especially those with alz/dementia. :)
I really wish this would have been around for my mom.
Because of the "ants" crawling all over the floor and then disappears, and the squiggly movements of inanimate objects, I thought I was getting glaucoma. So, I made an appointment with the eye specialist. He couldn't find anything wrong other than floaters.
I, too, wonder about how they know this is what dementia people see. But, there are some people who maybe can still communicate with what they see. Those with the different stages of dementia. I hope it will work if it helps those with dementia feel better.