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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2025 · 42 MIN

Is VR the FUTURE for Dementia Care? Mynd Immersive Has the ANSWER!

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At a New Jersey senior living facility, a woman with late-stage Alzheimer's Disease sits beside her husband of 50 years, unaware of who he is. The memories of their life together have faded—until she puts on a VR headset. In just 90 seconds, a wave of recognition washes over her. She's in Paris again, capturing photos of the Eiffel Tower, wandering the halls of the Louvre, sharing moonlit dinners in love. When she removes the headset, she turns to her husband, and calls him by name. She can even recall the names of their children. Chris Brickley, CEO of Mynd Immersive, helps make moments like these happen every day. Mynd Immersive is the leading provider of Immersive Digital Therapeutics for aging adults across the US, Canada and Australia. They empower aging adults in senior living communities and Veteran Homes to maintain healthier minds, bodies, and experience a more joyful aging process through immersive technology.   In this conversation, Jim and Chris explore VR's impact on memory and emotion, its use in senior care, and their Vietnam Veteran healing project. Mynd's Links: https://www.myndimmersive.com/ To stay up to date on Power & Impact follow: https://www.instagram.com/itsjimmccann/ Jim's weekly newsletter, Celebrations Pulse:  https://cloud.em.celebrations.com/celebrations-pulse-signup

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