An Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation Program for Dementia Caregivers: A Technical Report and Pilot User Feedback
Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Sarah C Pistritto, Krystina M Clarke, Andrei Torres, Mary Chiu, Irmina Klicnik, Cole G Craven, Asmi Khanna, Nusrat Choudhury, Bill Kapralos, Amer M Burhan · 2026
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Alexander Muacevic and eleven colleagues describe a year spent building an immersive virtual reality program that trains dementia caregivers by letting them live care situations from the inside. Caregivers face hard communication and behavior moments with few chances to practice safely. The program, VR SIM Carers, delivers teaching through first-person scenarios set in realistic homes. Development ran in cycles with user feedback from several cohorts shaping each version.
The report details design and technical choices, from scenario structure to refinements driven by testers. Pilot testing with twenty-four caregivers then gauged whether the program was feasible, acceptable, usable, and tolerable to wear and watch. Early feedback is presented as preliminary, meant to guide deployment rather than prove learning gains. The authors frame the work as groundwork for scalable, skills-based caregiver training that clinics and community groups could actually run.
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| CREATOR | Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Sarah C Pistritto, Krystina M Clarke, Andrei Torres, Mary Chiu, Irmina Klicnik, Cole G Craven, Asmi Khanna, Nusrat Choudhury, Bill Kapralos, Amer M Burhan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |