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Whether it’s written down or in our heads, most of us have a bucket list. Typically they include places we’d like to visit, foods we’d like to try and experiences we’d like to have before our final days.
A hospice home in south London is utilizing virtual reality (VR) in an effort to help more seniors cross off items on their bucket lists. The program is a joint initiative between Flix Films and Trinity Hospice.
From what we can tell in the video above, the seniors are loving the VR experience.
“We’re in Jerusalem; you can see the mosque as if you’re there,” said Souzan Aprahamian, who toured the area where she grew up using a VR headset.
Aprahamian, who has incurable cancer, said the experience was “fantastic! That is fantastic going around like that.”
The folks at Trinity Hospice said their desire to improve the well-being of the patients led them to VR.
“We believe VR has massive potential for palliative care, and we are so excited to be working with Flix Films to understand the impact it could have for our patients,” said Chief Executive of Royal Trinity Hospice Dallas Pounds.
Without the VR experience, people like Aprahamian wouldn’t have another chance to explore the world outside their assisted care home.
“Watching someone’s first VR experience is an amazing thing to see,” said Director of Flix Films Leon Ancliffe. “But when that moment is one they believed were beyond their health or physical ability, it becomes something even more special.”
Ancliffe said the partnership between the film company and the medical establishment is still new but they hope their work will continue to be innovative and groundbreaking.
“We have been using video for some time to communicate what happens at Trinity with the outside world,” Pounds said. “Thanks to VR, we can now bring the outside in.”
