The multidisciplinary approach to Alzheimer's disease and dementia. A narrative review of non-pharmacological treatment

C Zucchella, E Sinforiani, S Tamburin… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia are chronic diseases with progressive
deterioration of cognition, function, and behavior leading to severe disability and death. The …

Virtual reality for neurorehabilitation and cognitive enhancement

DD Georgiev, I Georgieva, Z Gong, V Nanjappan… - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Our access to computer-generated worlds changes the way we feel, how we think, and how
we solve problems. In this review, we explore the utility of different types of virtual reality …

[HTML][HTML] Technology and dementia: The future is now

AJ Astell, N Bouranis, J Hoey, A Lindauer… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Technology has multiple potential applications to dementia from diagnosis and
assessment to care delivery and supporting ageing in place. Objectives: To summarise key …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost …

F Meiland, A Innes, G Mountain, L Robinson… - JMIR rehabilitation …, 2017 - rehab.jmir.org
Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing
timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health …

Remote cognitive and behavioral assessment: report of the Alzheimer Society of Canada Task Force on dementia care best practices for COVID‐19

MR Geddes, ME O'Connell, JD Fisk… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Despite the urgent need for remote neurobehavioral assessment of individuals
with cognitive impairment, guidance is lacking. Our goal is to provide a multi‐dimensional …

The effectiveness of virtual reality for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: a meta-analysis

O Kim, Y Pang, JH Kim - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly used in health-related fields and
interventions using VR have the potential to be powerful tools in patient management. The …

[HTML][HTML] A succinct overview of virtual reality technology use in Alzheimer's disease

RI García-Betances… - Frontiers in aging …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
We provide a brief review and appraisal of recent and current virtual reality (VR) technology
for Alzheimer's disease (AD) applications. We categorize them according to their intended …

Virtual reality to promote wellbeing in persons with dementia: A scoping review

L Appel, S Ali, T Narag, K Mozeson… - … of rehabilitation and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have increasingly been considered potentially valuable
tools in dementia-related research and could serve as non-pharmacological therapy to …

Available virtual reality-based tools for executive functions: a systematic review

F Borgnis, F Baglio, E Pedroli, F Rossetto… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Executive dysfunctions constitute a significant public health problem: their high
impact on everyday life makes it a priority to identify early strategies for evaluating and …

Non-immersive virtual reality for rehabilitation of the older people: a systematic review into efficacy and effectiveness

R Bevilacqua, E Maranesi, GR Riccardi… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Objective: the objective of this review is to analyze the advances in the field of rehabilitation
through virtual reality, while taking into account non-immersive systems, as evidence have …