Created in collaboration with Melbourne game developers, Opaque Multimedia, in consultation with carers, people with dementia and our educators, the VDE™ is an innovative use of game technology to deliver experiential learning aimed at increasing empathy.
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Virtual Dementia Experience™
The multi-award winning Virtual Dementia Experience™
The multi-award winning Virtual Dementia Experience™ (VDE™) is an immersive, interactive virtual reality experience that invades the senses and takes people into the world of a person living with dementia.
A VDE™ session takes the participant through a multi-sensory simulation using light, sound, colour and visual content to immerse you into the lived experience of a person with dementia.
“I had an 8 hour shift in the facility the next day and I was able to use the experience several times, in different ways, throughout the day. It was such an incredible feeling!”− Participant
This 2 hour workshop enables participants to understand the environmental elements that are friendly or hostile, by allowing them to experience a home environment in the same way a person with dementia would. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their own approach to dementia support and to think about ways in which they can make their own environments more supportive.
On completion of this session you will:
- have an improved understanding of what it may be like to live with dementia
- have developed more empathy with people living with dementia and their carers
- have gained an understanding of the impact of the environment on people with dementia
- be prompted to consider enhancements to the environment and support for people living with dementia
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If you are interested in a Virtual Dementia Experience workshop for your workplace or wish to further discuss your training needs and get an obligation free quote, contact the Centre for Dementia Learning 1300 DEMENTIA (1300 336 368) or email cdl@dementia.org.au
View and book the upcoming Virtual Dementia ExperienceTM workshops below
Exceptional Quality
What Dementia Australia provided was of exceptional quality. I can’t think of how it could have been improved.
Philippa Calwell, Healthy Ageing Project Coordinator
2015-11-13T10:36:56+11:00
https://dementialearning.org.au/testimonials/learn-what-you-want/
Excellent use of technology in dementia learning
Designing homes for people who lose the ability to communicate their confusion or fears would not be possible without an understanding of how their senses have been altered.
The Virtual Dementia Experience™ is an excellent way to experience this very confusing state and consequently to consider how the built environment might be enhanced to allow a higher quality of life for someone with dementia.
BRUCE RATCLIFFE, Architect
2015-07-03T11:44:53+10:00
https://dementialearning.org.au/testimonials/2279/
It recalled my memories
Pearl has recently experienced the Virtual Forest. "It is happy and easy going - I was captured by the forest, it was so 'beautiful' - It recalled the experience with my family."
PEARL, Living with dementia
2015-01-24T08:57:12+11:00
https://dementialearning.org.au/testimonials/pearl/
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