COULD THE ELDERLY DANCE IN THEIR FAVOURITE 1950s CLUB AGAIN? 👵

9 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Tracey Follows. This content was uploaded by Tracey Follows. This is a YouTube video titled "COULD THE ELDERLY DANCE IN THEIR FAVOURITE 1950s CLUB AGAIN? 👵" (uploaded 2024-12-09T05:00:32+00:00). The excerpt is a spoken commentary by a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) discussing the use of VR/technology in care homes to help elderly residents revisit meaningful places (e.g., old dance venues), reduce boredom and pain, and challenge the perception that such tech is only for young people or gamers.

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I think that so many people, including me, are really critical of technology. Why do we want to spend more time in technology and strap this uncomfortable thing to our faces? But I think care homes are, you know, places where people are often, you know, stuck there. They're bored. They want to go see the world and be with people. And the idea that you can take people out of that world. Yeah, that you can, you know, you can go into Google Maps VR and show someone where you used to go dancing. When you were young, that you can kind of escape and go to these places and share that with people and learn about ourselves through that and, and reduce people's experience of pain within that. I just think it's such an amazing opportunity, and yet so many people go, it's just for young people, it's for gamers.