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Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills
Published on: April 23, 2014
[Virtual reality for clinical assessment of elderly people: early screening for dementia]
M Déjos1, H Sauzéon, B N'kaoua
1Laboratoire EA4136, université Bordeaux-Saignat, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, Bordeaux, France. marie.dejos@u-bordeaux.fr
Abstract:
Today, there are 24.3 million people suffering from dementia worldwide, that is a new case every 7 seconds (Ferri et al., 2005) and more than 80 million cases expected in 2040. Aging-related morbidity is a real social problem making screening a major challenge. Currently, screening and diagnostic tools for dementia remain independent from each other, screening tools being non-specific and diagnostic tools non-naturalistic. With the technological possibilities offered by virtual reality, it is becoming easier to investigate cognition and behavior in elderly people. Virtual reality allows a better understanding and assessment, and perhaps could stimulate cognitive functioning of elderly people. Combining measurements of cognitive impairment and disability might help close the gap between structural and naturalistic validity.
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