How Brantford, Ont., researchers are using VR gaming to help older adults with dementia stay fit

A hispanic man in a vest poses by a screen holding a dummy head with a VR set on it.

Researchers from Wilfrid Laurier University partnered with Brantford’s Adult Recreation Therapy Centre for a trial on a game aimed at supporting therapeutic movements and engaging users’ brains — work aided by funding from the Alzheimer Society: Brant, Haldimand Norfolk, Hamilton Halton.