Effective Empathy Training for Dementia Caregivers Using Virtual Reality

Whei-Jane Wei1, Lai-Chung Lee2, Yan Zhu3, Yu-Yen Yu1
 
1University of Taipei, 2National University of Technology, 3Shanghai Dianji University
1, Aiguo West Road, Taipei 10048, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Tel: 886-2-23113040 Ext.4915, Fax: 886-2-23754823, E-mail: wwj@go.utaipei.edu.tw
 
Abstract: 
The study uses HTCVive and DayDream for participants to experience the behavioral feelings of dementia patients (first-person). Can first-person experience enhance caregivers understand dementia patients? Findings indicated that 44 subjects reached 93.9% agreement in HTCVive and the learning effect of dementia was significantly improved (p = .000 ***). Post-test of 79 participants wearing DayDream reached 89.1% consistency and it achieved a significant improvement in learning effect of dementia (p = .000 ***).
 
Keywords: 

empathy, dementia caregivers, virtual reality

pages: 

343-346

Year: 

2019

Published in: 

2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019

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