Comments on: Experience Alzheimer’s through the Virtual Dementia Tour.

By: Liz Lewis

Liz Lewis — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:29:18 +0000

Hi Cathy, will have to check out this dementia guide tool you’re mentioning.

Thanks for letting us know about it.

Cheers, Liz

By: Liz Lewis

Liz Lewis — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:26:40 +0000

Hi Autumn, you’re so right. But with all the great technology nowadays, there is opportunity to create training tools that give caregivers a taste of what it must be like to be impaired. And with this comes more understanding and empathy.

Thanks for stopping in and chatting.

Cheers, Liz

By: Autumn

Autumn — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:28:01 +0000

It’s impossible for others to really understand what it is to be impaired. I know at my childs school, they covered someones eyes to see how it is to be blind, and cover their ears to similate being deaf. This is a great training tool for caregivers.

By: Cathy MacNutt

Cathy MacNutt — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:31:58 +0000

DementiaGuide is a subscription based company which has developed an online tool for care givers to create their own report where they can easily identify, track and use to communicate what is happening and how they are managing. This easy to read printout of specific information can make doctor's appointments less stressful and more focused on symptoms and daily activities. With family members, especially ones living in another location, it can be used to keep them informed and perhaps more empathic to the care giver and the care requirements of their relative.

Cathy MacNutt
VIce - President, Product Development

By: Liz Lewis

Liz Lewis — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:33:15 +0000

I think being able to experience what an alzheimer patient is experience is a great way of educating people about the disease. It gives not only knowledge but empathy and that can only be a good thing.

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Alzheimer’s Notes » Learning All You Can About Alzheimer’s — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:44:20 +0000

[...] recently wrote about the virtual dementia tours that enable caregivers and nursing home staff to attempt to learn what it’s like within the [...]

By: kendra

kendra — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:51:14 +0000

This is a great experience. We did something similar to this in nursing school. I think anyone who deals with someone with this disease on a daily basis should have to complete an exercise like this, so they can better understand.

By: Mary Emma Allen

Mary Emma Allen — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:25:51 +0000

This sounds like an excellent way to learn more about the Alzheimer’s patient’s world. I tried to read and learn all I could about the world Mother and Auntie were living in. Also, reading books written by Alzheimer’s patients themselves helped give me insight. I found I could better understand and help Mother and Auntie as I gained more insight into their world at it’s various stages.