Strathcarron Hospice is trialling Digital Actuality tools with its sufferers.
VR associated tools is getting used extensively in hospice and palliative care.
With its mixture of decreasing nervousness and ache, it could actually additionally assist many different factors of care.
VR distraction remedy successfully immerses a affected person (be it on safari, deep sea diving and even visiting their very own backyard) which methods the mind into being current in one other actuality. This overwhelms the mind with info which results in a discount in nervousness and ache.
Following in depth analysis from Dr Pleasure Rafferty, who impressed the undertaking, Grangemouth Rotary Membership have funded VR tools together with a headset and 360 diploma digicam.
The Rotarians, longstanding supporters of Strathcarron, have donated £10,000 to fund the undertaking together with two ‘computer systems on wheels’ for use on the in-patient unit on the palliative care facility in Denny.
The digicam will enable the hospice to create individualised content material for sufferers who may wish to see their dwelling or backyard or favorite place, however are unable to bodily.
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Strathcarron Hospice offers specialist finish of life care to folks throughout Forth Valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. Primarily based in Denny, the hospice now cares for greater than 80 per cent of sufferers outdoors of the primary hospice constructing, caring for folks in their very own houses who're residing with, and dying from, a terminal sickness.
Claire Kennedy, company fundraiser for Strathcarron, mentioned: “This undertaking has already allowed sufferers and households to create some actually particular reminiscences on the very finish of life.
“One woman wished to see a Scottish island very particular to her.
“Because of the Rotary funding this undertaking, we had been in a position to make it potential for the woman to attain her objective of seeing this most particular place in her coronary heart once more earlier than she died.”
Membership president Allison Meikle mentioned: “As a membership, we're delighted that the monies raised have been in a position to have such a optimistic impact for the sufferers at Strathcarron Hospice. We had been fairly emotional when knowledgeable in regards to the distinction and delight the VR and pc on wheels have made up to now.”
The hospice is at present trialling this new expertise with employees and sufferers, with the intention to roll this out as a affected person service.