Seniors Are Fighting Aliens in a Video Game to Deal With Depression
Video Games could be a powerful treatment for depression in the future. Continue reading Seniors Are Fighting Aliens in a Video Game to Deal With Depression
Category Archives: elderly
Music Player for the Ability-Impaired
Most of the hacks we come across here at Hackaday don’t require much more than being “cool” to get our attention. But, every so often we find something that goes a step beyond that and does something truly good for the world. This is one such project, and its goal couldn’t be anymore altruistic: to allow the elderly to enjoy music, even when their declining vision and motor skills make traditional devices difficult to use.
It’s hard to overstate how important music is to people; there are few forms of art more emotionally effective. So, it was a major loss …read more
Virtual Reality Can Help Stop Old People Falling Over
A trial found that adding a VR component to treadmill training resulted in 42 percent fewer falls. Continue reading Virtual Reality Can Help Stop Old People Falling Over
Feds move to stop social media mockery of nursing home residents
Workers sharing degrading/intimate/nonconsensual photos and videos may mean facilities get fined, written up or cut from Medicare. Continue reading Feds move to stop social media mockery of nursing home residents
The One-Armed Robot That Will Look After Me Until I Die
Adjusting to the physical presence of a robot is the easy bit. It’s the feelings we develop about them that are more problematic. Continue reading The One-Armed Robot That Will Look After Me Until I Die