Nursing Home Simulation Training Tool

Award Date: 2019

Project Lead(s): Julie Weir

Project Title: Nursing Home Simulation Training Tool

This project will develop an engaging and marketable training tool that enhances frontline caregiver skills in a nursing home setting that will integrate worker and resident safety with quality care. Employees will work through real case scenarios using virtual reality and artificial intelligence technology to create behaviour changes such as empathy building, experiencing consequences (responsive behaviours to unmet needs), and developing mindfulness. This form of education aims to improve the skills and confidence of caregivers in a nursing home setting as well as the quality of care for older adults and people living with dementia