VR helps seniors retrieve memories focused on early-stage patients and healthy people
After half a year's exploration, VR Network learned that a public welfare organization in Guangzhou quietly started their latest practice of “Technology for the Elderly†in a small community: the use of VR to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, so the name of the project is “Looking for Alz's memory."
These public interest people who are not yet in their middle age are trying to introduce VR technology that is becoming more and more popular. They will create exclusive VR programs for early-stage patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy elderly people. They will be prevented from seeing scenery and video games and games. And treat Alzheimer's disease so that they do not "forget" the past so quickly.
"Drawing bell test" is a simple screening method for Alzheimer's disease currently used in some hospital outpatient clinics.
First of all, draw a clock showing a time of 9:15 on a white paper, and draw a score for a total of 4 points.
The 1st minute shows whether the circle representing the bell is complete, closed, and has reached the shape of a substantially perfect circle. The second minute shows whether the number on the bell is correctly filled and is basically evenly distributed in the correct position. The third point shows whether the position of the hour hand is Correct, the 4th minute to see if the position of the minute hand is correct. If the 4 points can't get perfect scores, it means that the old man who painted the bell has the possibility of suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Hand-in-hand Social Service Center staff and VR company technicians came early to the Xinghua Street Family Integrated Service Center in Tianhe District to join with rehabilitation therapists Yang Xiaozhao and the social workers of the Family Comprehensive Center. Here, they will conduct a preaching on Alzheimer's disease, and for the first time in the community to carry out VR technology to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease experience activities. The audience who arrived on the day ranged in age from 50 to 80 years old.
At the beginning of the lecture, the lecturer and rehabilitation therapist Yang Xiaoyu first asked the people present here to draw a clock showing the time at 9:15 on a white paper. After scoring a good clock, score 4 points.
The 1st minute shows whether the circle representing the bell is complete, closed, and has reached the shape of a substantially perfect circle. The second minute shows whether the number on the bell is correctly filled and is basically evenly distributed in the correct position. The third point shows whether the position of the hour hand is Correct, the 4th minute to see if the position of the minute hand is correct. If you do not have a perfect score, it means that the old man who painted the bell has the possibility of suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
At the scene, the reporter saw that this seemingly simple action required some old people to draw a jagged semicircle. Some old people painted the circle a few times to complete the painting. Some old people pushed 123456 to the same level when they wrote numbers. One quarter circle.
After finishing the painting test, Yang Xiaoyu began systematically introducing Alzheimer's disease to the audience. The disease is mainly divided into early, middle and late stages. Early symptoms include inability to accurately describe what is thought in the brain, often losing or disposing of valuables, etc. Although the old people at this stage sometimes have language difficulties, they often can People communicate and move freely, so it is not easy to be noticed. In the middle period, the patient will experience emotional changes, seasonal errors in dressing, and being easily lost. I do not know what the symptoms are. In the later stages, patients need to rely entirely on nursing staff, cannot eat independently, almost lose their language skills, and lose the ability to resist various diseases.
Since most of the patients in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease have entered the treatment, there are special care or hospitalization. Therefore, early-stage patients and healthy old people are the key service targets for the “Finding Alz’s Memory†charity project.
Experience activities: The first experience of "fruit ninja" The elderly can hardly hideAfter the announcement, the event entered the VR experience. The first experiencer was Ms. Liao, 73 years old. She had never been exposed to VR and she was excited to put on the equipment. In front of her, there was a game screen of "Fruit Ninja" which seemed to be within reach. Fruits and bombs continued to fall around, and her hands grasped the handle, waving a "long knife" in the air, chopping fruit, and avoiding "bombs."
Ms. Liao was dyed with black hair and was mentally embarrassed. She lived alone. At present, her body is very healthy, except that she needs to take drugs that control high blood pressure on time. Ms. Liao’s mother had Parkinson’s disease in her fifties. She was taken care of by Ms. Liao for up to 20 years after she became ill. She also suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the last five years of her mother’s life. She said: "Because my mother has always taken care of me, I pay special attention to health."
Ms. Liao not only regularly reads the Guangzhou Daily and the Old People's Daily, but also regularly watches health knowledge programs. She said that she hardly eats health supplements and she also consults with her children about purchasing vitamins. I often go hiking on weekdays and dance to a square dance in a sports center. I also tried the “10,000 steps per day†popular among young people. Later, I gradually reduced the number of goal steps according to my physical condition, but I insist on ensuring a certain amount of activity. .
"I don't know what will happen in the future. I can only take care of my body as much as possible at this stage. I think this activity is very interesting," said Ms. Liao.
Zhang Youyu, deputy head of the Social Service Center, said that early this year, he was concerned about the application of VR in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in Australia and other countries. Zhang Youyu felt that domestic VR technology is not backward, and it can also be achieved Applications. Thus, in March of this year, Zhang Youyu’s public welfare organization began planning “seeking memories of Alzâ€.
It is reported that next, the project will enter more communities, allowing more residents to experience. Zhang Yuyu hopes that VR technology will enable the elderly to have some new options besides playing mahjong and playing chess to prevent Alzheimer's disease. In the future, more life scenarios will be designed. They can also be applied to the treatment of early patients and help them. Find precious memories.
What are the exclusive VR projects?Video: Mainly scenery
Taking into account the age and physical ability of the elderly population, it is not suitable for overstimulation in the category of convulsions and sudden changes in the scene. Therefore, when selecting the film source, only the scenery video is selected, which is more conducive for the elderly to find a certain scene from the deja vu. Some memory segments that have been forgotten to stimulate the memory nerves of the elderly and awaken deep memory.
Interaction: Mainly to exercise coordination
1. Fruit Ninja: Wield a long knife (handle) to chop the fruit in front of you and avoid the bomb.
Optic nerves and brain nerves and motor nerves have long reflex arcs, and exercise with eye, brain and hand coordination.
2. Wire loop: Use a hollow metal collar (handle) along a metal tube to complete the crossing without any touch.
Can improve the elderly's concentration, patience and stability of hand-held items.
3. Lab: Stand on the wall with a bow (double handle) to defend against incoming enemies.
This is a typical chest expansion exercise. The heart and lungs of the experiencer can be exercised.
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