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Tasks like folding towels, putting on a sweater, setting a table, or counting pennies may seem simple, but for memory care nurse they're suddenly becoming a challenge. "I'm very disoriented. I really didn't hear what she told me to do," she remarks. That's because she is now inside the Virtual Dementia Experience. It's set up in a bus equipped with a small kitchen, bedroom, bath, and dining area.
Dianne Cox pawed frantically through a rumpled pile of laundry, pitching pieces to the floor while searching for a white sweater, mumbling to herself all the while. A seemingly lost Mario...To continue reading, subscribe to The Tampa Bay Times.
Senior Helpers® of Spring Hill, the local operation of one of the nation’s largest in-home senior care companies, announced today it is partnering with the international non-profit Second Wind Dreams® to bring its flagship Virtual Dementia Tour® to Florida on Thursday, July 16th at The Residence at Timber Pines, also in Spring Hill. Second Wind Dreams is dedicated to changing the perception of aging by offering educational aging sensitivity trainings that include its flagship Virtual Dementia Tour.