Virtual visits: Reminiscence in residential aged care with digital mapping technologies
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Objective: Digital technologies can support reminiscence and lifestyle enrichment in residential aged care. This study explores potential benefits and risks of virtual visits using digital maps, tablet computers and virtual reality technologies. Methods: Reminiscence sessions were conducted with metropolitan aged care facility residents (n = 7), using digital mapping applications to ‘visit’ places of personal significance. Residents and family members (n = 4) were interviewed. Results: Some older adults found virtual visits valuable and all reminisced in various ways about personal, family and social experiences. Family members felt that virtual visits would be enriching for loved ones and that they supported sharing of life stories. Our results also highlight that VR usability improvements are needed to better suit older people. Conclusion: Virtual visits could offer valuable opportunities for positive reminiscence for some older adults in residential aged care. Digital technologies need to provide better support for older users and people who assist them.
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Involving family members in developing content, accompanying older adults during use, and stimulating connections and conversations with family members enhances VR implementation in LTC.
“The involvement of family members in developing content, accompanying older adults during use, and stimulating connections and conversations with family members are means to enhance VR implementation in LTC (Moyle et al., 2018; Webber et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Webber, S., Baker, S., & Waycott, J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Webber, Sarah
- Venue
- Australasian Journal on Ageing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-02-04
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-300
- ISSN
- 0726-4240 (ISSN-L)
- 1440-6381
- 1741-6612
- OpenAlex
- W3128600078
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 7.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Australian Journal on Ageing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- reminiscence, nursing homes, virtual visits, digital mapping, virtual reality, tablet computers, older adults, life stories, family members
- MeSH terms
- Virtual Reality, Aged, Emotions, Family, Humans, Memory
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