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V.R. ‘Reminiscence Therapy’ Lets Seniors Relive the Past
Residents at Maplewood Senior Living used virtual reality headsets to experience things together and build community, which researchers have said could improve symptoms of dementia and loneliness.
'It’s unbelievable' Virtual reality allows Parry Sound seniors to explore the world
The Parry Sound Health Team virtual reality project takes the world to older adults for increased social connection and improved mental health — to give them some “fun” as Executive Director Peter Istvan said.
Virtual reality could help ward off Alzheimer's by making people feel less lonely
At a South by Southwest panel in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, researchers suggested that virtual reality could help combat feelings of loneliness and social isolation — two factors closely linked to Alzheimer's.
Omega provides virtual reality across long-term care portfolio
Omega Healthcare Investors is making MyndVR’s virtual reality experiences available to the almost 1,000 senior living and skilled nursing facilities in its portfolio in an effort to help residents achieve skilled therapeutic goals.
INDY NOW - American Senior Communities offers new virtual reality tool
ASC has partnered with MyndVR, the leader in VR solutions for senior healthcare to deliver useful and innovative programming for Therapy, Memory Care and Recreational use in our assisted living communities.
Select Rehabilitation and MyndVR Announce Strategic Partnership to Deploy VR Therapy to Post-Acute Care
Select Rehabilitation today announced a strategic partnership with MyndVR, the leading provider of Virtual Reality solutions for senior care.
How virtual reality helps curb social isolation among local senior citizens
In December, we uncovered just how serious social isolation was for older adults living in the Tampa Bay area. We're revisiting the issue with an in-depth look at how virtual reality is curbing the adverse effects of social isolation for senior citizens and what those in one local assisted living community have to say about it.
MyndVR continues expansion with acquisition of Immersive Cure
MyndVR, the leading provider of virtual reality solutions for older adults in the United States, announced the acquisition of virtual reality therapy company Immersive Cure. Jessica Benson, Founder of Immersive Cure, will join MyndVR as the VP of Market Development.
Can Virtual Reality Make Older Adults Happier and Healthier?
MyndVR is one of just a few tech firms targeting the senior set with custom-made virtual experiences that range from skydiving to Broadway shows. The company believes that kind of content can provide more than entertainment; it can also serve as therapy—perhaps even FDA-approved therapy—for seniors in assisted living and memory care units.
HTC VIVE Breaks new Ground with Launch of Portable VIVE Flow Immersive Glasses
HTC VIVE today announced VIVE Flow, a compact, lightweight immersive glasses device that transports its wearers wherever they want or need to be – anytime, anywhere. Designed with comfort and portability in mind, VIVE Flow lets people find moments of calm and well-being for themselves throughout the day, including: Meditation 2.0 with apps like TRIPP, or taking a scenic, immersive drive down Route 66 with MyndVR’s original series: A Road to Remember
MyndVR Partners with Healing HealthCare Systems' C.A.R.E. VRx to Offer Largest Meditative Channel in VR for Seniors Across the Country
MyndVR, the leading provider of virtual reality (VR) solutions for seniors and active agers, announced today that it has signed a partnership with Healing HealthCare Systems to offer Continuous Ambient Relaxation Environment (C.A.R.E.) VRx to residents using the MyndVR system at senior and memory care communities, assisted living communities, hospice care and at home across the country.
Residents travel anywhere, virtually, thanks to program
Senior living residents in California
are getting a chance to immerse
themselves in fantasy travel and
adventures from the comfort of
home as participants in a virtual
reality program supported by a local
energy company.
VITAS Staff and Volunteers Bring Virtual Reality to Patients in Orlando
In 2021, VITAS, AT&T, MyndVR and Stanford University are collaborating on a VR Therapy and 5G networking study to improve hospice care and the patient’s quality of life.
MyndVR has partnered with Bakersfield-based Vaquero Energy, which is sponsoring an important program that provides 10 senior living centers and hospices to complimentary MyndVR headsets and content subscriptions for the next two years.
Piloting a plane, racing a car and touring the outer space. These are just a few things seniors experienced using their new virtual reality headsets.
From space station to Broadway play: Senior living residents get to travel in virtual reality program
Senior living residents in California are getting a chance to immerse themselves in fantasy travel and adventures from the comfort of home as participants in a virtual reality program supported by a local energy company.
Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out
Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station in the kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional well-being of older people.
Virtual Reality Brings Joy to People in Assisted-Living Facilities
Studies show improved emotional health among residents who watch VR images
Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University Collaborates with MyndVR to Study Impact of Virtual Reality on Older Adults, with Support from AT&T 5G Technology
The Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University, the pioneering lab focused on the psychological and behavioral effects of virtual reality, announced today a new study in collaboration with MyndVR...
MyndVR helps seniors overcome feelings of social isolation during COVID-19 [VIDEO]
This sustained period of social isolation has severely impacted seniors. MyndVR provides a means of reconnection with the world through virtual experiences. Watch FOX NEWS's coverage.
These seniors are turning to cutting edge technology to stay connected during the pandemic
Virtual reality is making its way into assisted living communities across the county to allow residents to explore the world without leaving their rooms.
New technology keeping families connected
Families are providing an escape for those isolated from loved ones during the pandemic, especially seniors, by coming up with creative ways, including virtual reality, to keep everyone connected.
Virtual reality, robots, interactive apps, other new tech help people with dementia and their caretakers
Doris Moss has always loved dancing. Now in her 80s and suffering from a form of dementia, it has become more important than ever, as hearing a good beat will spur her to get up...
Seniors escape isolation of pandemic with the help of virtual reality
The Commonwealth Senior Living Facility in Abingdon is giving residents a chance to experience the sights and sounds of the world despite the limits of living in a nursing home.
Retirement Home Residents Enjoy Broadway, Skydiving Doing Virtual Reality
Residents of the Springdale retirement community Maple Knoll Village have been busier than usual lately. They've been onstage with Lion King performers in New York, playing with puppies, and rafting down the Colorado River - all virtually of course.
Back to the future: Springdale seniors included in new study focused on virtual reality and aging populations
A global study currently underway through Stanford University hopes to provide qualitative insight between virtual reality and the aging population. The study promises to be the largest study of its kind in history. The study is made possible through partnerships with MyndVR and AT&T.
Tech to help care for aging family members, at home and from afar
From virtual reality simulations to furry robot pets, families are finding new ways to connect with and care for their aging loved ones.
MyndVR is helping to reduce loneliness with virtual reality
MyndVR expands operations to Australia and New Zealand to reduce loneliness among the elderly with virtual reality.
Company Introducing Grandparents To Magic Of Virtual Reality
CBS Pittsburgh's Meghan Schiller has more on the company that is introducing grandparents to virtual reality.
MyndVR Named Winner in 2020 Sharecare Awards Innovation Category
Commonwealth Senior Living Brings MyndVR's Virtual Reality Program to its 33 Communities
Commonwealth Senior Living announces partnership with MyndVR to bring its virtual reality program to all of its senior living communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee. View CBS 19 News' coverage
New technology aims to improve quality of life for socially isolated older adults during COVID-19 pandemic
Dallas-based MyndVR has launched Myndvr at Home to provide older adults access to immersive experiences, including travel, music, art, nature and reminiscence therapies.
MyndVR Partners With HTC VIVE to Bring “7 Miracles” to the World of Older Adults
MyndVR will distribute the most powerful, biblical adaption in VR ever created to seniors – living at home and in senior communities.
Lonely seniors find connection with rented grandkids and VR vacations
Tech can stave off loneliness by connecting seniors with family, companions and new experiences, both virtually and in real life.
Virtual reality technology brings joy and peace to veterans
Long before the pandemic began impacting visiting resident veterans in VA homes, a sense of isolation and being forgotten was ever-present. One virtual reality company is working hard to change that.
Retirement Community Residents in Palo Alto Travel the World Using Virtual Reality
MyndVR, a national leader in providing virtual reality solutions for senior living communities, and Vi Palo Alto, Palo Alto’s premier continuing care retirement community, have announced a partnership. ...
Virtual reality program helps Fort Collins seniors battle social isolation amid COVID-19
"We thought this (virtual reality headset program) would be a good way for our residents to get out and to travel and explore without jeopardizing their safety," Vargas said. "And they love it."
MyndVR Launches an At-Home VR Solution for Seniors Stuck in Isolation
Research has shown that virtual reminiscence therapy has cognitive health and wellness benefits. As senior citizens continue to social distance, Dallas-based MyndVR wants to help.
How virtual reality vacations help seniors cope with isolation, loneliness
VR technologies can help seniors cope with loneliness and isolation by virtually bringing them on international tours.
MyndVR Launches MyndVR at Home, a VR Solution for Tens of Millions of Seniors
MyndVR, the national leader in providing VR solutions for senior living communities, announced the launch of MyndVR at Home, the at-home version of its widely successful MyndVR program.
Care Indeed Partners with MyndVR to Launch Second Iteration CI-VR Virtual Reality Training Program
Their new product provides portable training simulations designed to help equip caregivers to handle the challenges of caring for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Senior Communities Adopt Virtual Reality to Fight Dementia, Social Isolation
Researchers are looking into the benefits of VR as a tool to fight isolation linked to physical and mental conditions associated with a higher risk of mortality.
New partnership aims to give away MyndVR to combat social isolation in senior care communities in need
MyndVR is partnering with Pico Interactive and LittlStar to donate VR headsets to senior care communities in all 50 states to combat social isolation due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Harnessing the power of virtual reality to reduce social isolation amid a global pandemic
For many seniors living in skilled nursing facilities and care communities, being isolated can be truly frightening. But virtual reality (VR) is changing that.
Senior community explores the world with a new virtual reality device
Imagine a free visit to Seville or Paris at a moment’s notice ... That’s the world Schuldt and other retired senior citizens may live in, thanks to a company called, ‘MyndVR’.
‘Apart from the Ordinary’ St. Barnabas caring, growing for more than a century
St. Barnabas is working with Dr. Maroon and MyndVR, a virtual reality company that developed technology to help lessen anxiety in patients living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
John Knox Village brings virtual reality therapy to seniors
John Knox Village announced a partnership with MyndVR, to offer virtual reality therapy to seniors in South Florida.
Selected Silverado Communities to Implement MyndVR Virtual Reality Platform
MyndVR, the national leader in providing virtual reality (VR) solutions for senior living communities, announced today that it has signed a partnership with Silverado, a memory care operator with communities...
Virtual reality transporting patients in Lewiston hundreds of miles away
For those battling serious diseases, spending hours on end getting treatment can be overwhelming, exhausting and extremely boring. Kim Thistlewaite, the nurse manager of St. Mary's infusion center...
How virtual reality is helping seniors breathe new life into old memories
Virtual reality isn’t just for gamers. The same technology that lets users battle monsters in mythical worlds has proven useful for everything from overcoming phobias and practicing surgical procedures to getting a look inside the International Space Station.
Virtual reality is taking Tennessee veterans on adventures
Residents at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home in Murfreesboro are traveling the world without leaving the building.Using MyndVR headsets, veterans can skydive, drive a race car, play with puppies or stand on stage at a Broadway show.
Why a Dallas VR company thinks its tech can help aging adults unlock memories
Chris Brickler, co-founder of Dallas-based virtual reality company MyndVR, is hoping that VR headsets will help adults like May retrieve or replicate memorable moments in their lives. The company specializes in the use of virtual reality for aging...
Benedictine Health System Partners With MyndVR to Bring Virtual Reality Therapy to Assisted Living
Benedictine Health System, a nationally recognized, Catholic, non-profit senior living system announced today a partnership with MyndVR, the nation’s leading provider of virtual reality solutions for senior care communities
Inside the Rise of Senior Living Virtual Reality
After whispers, trials, pilots and promise, virtual reality now seems on the precipice of a boom in senior housing.
MyndVR launches MyndVR 2.0 with HTC Vive Focus as Flagship Partner
MyndVR, the nation’s leading provider of virtual reality solutions for senior care communities, announced today the launch of MyndVR 2.0. In partnership with HTC’s VIVE X accelerator, MyndVR is deploying...
Virtual Reality Brings Once in a Lifetime Experience to Maine Dementia Patients
Recreational therapist Carrie Wilson started to do her research, and found virtual reality helps dementia patients significantly. “Being able to use virtual reality as a therapy tool to be the first go to rather than a medication...
D Magazine Names MyndVR Top 5 Startups to Watch in 2019
Whether it’s a problem that demands solving or an inconvenience that needs a fix, most startups begin with a belief that something can be done better, faster, or cheaper. North Texas is a hotbed for entrepreneurs...
MyndVR Forms National Research Coalition to Study Virtual Reality and the Aging Mind
MyndVR, a tech, health and wellness company specializing in virtual reality solutions for people 55-plus, is pleased to announce the formation of the MyndVR Science Advisory Board and a national research coalition involving universities across the...
4 Ingenious Technologies To Help Aging Adults Stay Connected And Engaged
MyndVR aims to put smiles on seniors’ faces through Virtual Reality experiences that enable them to relive meaningful memories and/or visit places outside of their normal environments (think outer space, the Great Wall of China, or the Fjords...).
Engaging Veterans through Virtual Reality Experiences at Long Island State Veterans Home
"The LI State Veterans Home is always looking for unique and innovative ways to enhance the quality of life of our veterans", said Fred Sganga, Executive Director. "Through this unique virtual reality solution, our residents will be able to live, or re...
MyndVR Taps Littlstar to Launch Exclusive Virtual Reality Content Service for 55-Plus Adult comm...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MyndVR, the national leader in providing virtual reality (VR) solutions for senior living communities, and Littlstar, a global content network dedicated to virtual reality, 360-degree video and...
Great story on the mix of art and Virtual Reality
NBC DFW covers the JD Miller's art performance on the MyndVR network.
Palm Beach Gardens seniors get fix of virtual reality adventures
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Leopold “Bud” Weidlein, 99, wondered how far down he was diving Wednesday morning as he encountered tropical, red fish. Sitting — yes, sitting — next to him, Marvin Greenberg took in the sight of of Michelangelo’s David...
A group of Palm Beach County seniors are taking the trip of a lifetime without even leaving their...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - "So we kind of came together and said what if we created a really innovative solution for seniors and virtual reality," Brickler said.
Local Company Films Simon and Garfunkel Virtual Reality Experience
“The thing that’s phenomenally interesting to me is the teleportation capabilities of this technology to bring people back to a time period that they feel comfortable with,” Chris Brickler says. “We want to transport..."
Seniors experience virtual reality for the first time
MyndVR partners with La Posada in Palm Beach Gardens to implement VR.
TED Talks invites MyndVR
CEO Chris Brickler delivers a glimpse into the future of Virtual Reality and the aging mind at TED
MyndVR parnters with Rona Barrett Foundation in California
"I have never seen so many seniors as joyful as they have been since experiencing this VR tour. It's incredible! Thank You! Thank you! Thank You! We love building our seniors a new future.
MyndVR on ABC News with The Legacy at Willow Bend
PLANO -- The residents at The Legacy at Willow Bend have been busy the last month. The men and women of the retirement community have gone deep sea diving, out to jazz clubs and even inside some of the most famous paintings in the world, all courtesy...
Virtual Reality Showing Anecdotal Benefits for Senior Living
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Virtual Music - Simon and Garfunkel Tribute in Dallas
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Kansas facility tests virtual reality to help people with dementia
"Virtualy reality really isn't just for 23-year-old gamers anymore," Brickler says.
Assisted living tries virtual reality to help seniors with dementia
Encore at Avalon Park in Orlando, FLA is the third senior residence in the country to test the virtual-reality system created by MyndVR, a Dallas start-up whose partners are Samsung and the University of Texas at Dallas.
MyndVR Uses Tech to Enrich Plano Seniors’ Lives
The Legacy Willow Bend and the Dallas-based VR company conducted a field trial on the health benefits to seniors of the technology.
VR for Good: MyndVR Wants To Make The Ultimate Platform To Help The Elderly
“I think one of the things that was interesting to me about VR was not trying to satisfy the twenty three year old gamer,” Brickler tells me over the phone. “We would actually try to create a healing health care solution with this technology that would...
The Long Game
Savvy Senior Living Providers understand that creating an environment that engages the mind and imagination is a key to happy and contented residents. However, a hard reality for most senior providers is that some residents still face...
University of Texas at Dallas Team Work with Startup MyndVR to Create Content and Systems Geared...
“There are three ideas behind what these VR experiences allow these users,” Dr. Ryan McMahan said. “Either they’ll see something they’ve experienced before, which could bring about memories; experience a place they’ve never seen before, which engages the brain...
Assisted living tries virtual reality to help seniors with dementia
Diving into my first virtual reality experience I felt like Alice down the rabbit hole. In the blink of an eye I found myself in the cockpit of a Blue Angel, soaring through the sky. My head was in the clouds while my feet were ...