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11/15/2019 Virtual Reality: Life and Death Through a Hospice Patients Eyes Daryl Cady CEO, Hospice of Southern Maine 1 What is Virtual Reality? A believable , interactive 3D computer-created world that you can explore so you feel you
A believable, interactive 3D computer-created world that you can explore so you feel you really are there, both emotionally and physically.
END OF LIFE CONVERSATIONS
A JOURNEY THROUGH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD)
MACULAR DEGENERATION & HEARING LOSS
➔ Speed up the learning process ➔ Go inside and outside the body ➔ Visit unique perspectives ➔ Trick their brain into living “real experiences”
As Clay, you experience a fall related to your disease, visit the ER, interacts with a compassionate nurse, decide with your family to start home hospice, and interact with members of the home hospice team.
As Clay, you enter your final days, and receive care from your home hospice team and your family. You will virtually experience the end of life, and observe how your body is transported to the funeral home as an honored veteran.
1) Educate community and referral sources
2) Educate staff
1) Educate community and referral sources
2) Educate staff
★ Models serious illness conversations ★ Falls/ER visits often precede hospice ★ Care is patient and family centered ★ Family dynamics ★ Coming on to hospice sooner means better quality of life, longer life, and the likelihood that EOL wishes will be respected.
I am comfortable talking about issues related to the end of life.
I feel confident in my ability to provide care to someone in the last months of that person’s life.
What is your view of hospice care?
You are about to embody a man with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Think about how you might feel if you were told that you have a disease that is incurable. I would feel… (check all that apply)
Clay
✓ 36% feel less helpless ✓ 34% feel less fear ✓ 9% feel less sadness ✓ 34% feel more peacefulness ✓ 18% feel more empowerment
“I felt emotionally involved from the
good perspective
days to hours of life." UNE Medical Student
“New virtual reality helps hospice workers see life and death through a patient's eyes.” “Virtual reality enlightens medical students about end-
For more information or to make an appointment: Hospice of Southern Maine (207) 289-3640 info@HospiceofSouthernMaine.org Acknowledgements Hospice of Southern Maine’s VR project was funded by the Rev. Anne E. Hunter, MD Endowment Fund and developed in collaboration with Embodied Labs and University of New England.