{"id":170988,"date":"2023-08-31T07:29:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/vr-trips-help-treat-depression-in-the-elderly"},"modified":"2023-08-31T07:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:29:58","slug":"vr-trips-help-treat-depression-in-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/vr-trips-help-treat-depression-in-the-elderly","title":{"rendered":"VR Trips Help Treat Depression in the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YW99DHOl098?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like this video about how Viva Vita addresses loneliness and depression in the elderly using VR. Subscribe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-subscribe-depressionintheelderly\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-subscribe-depressionintheelderly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the next video in our series on virtual reality therapy: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IZE41KejIBw\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/IZE41KejIBw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, about six million people over the age of 65 experience late life depression and about one-third of seniors feel lonely.<\/p>\n<p>Viva Vita is taking a novel approach to addressing both loneliness and depression in the elderly population.<\/p>\n<p>The organization provides virtual reality excursions for seniors to help them break through personal limitations and find enjoyment exploring new settings.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, virtual reality for seniors might seem like a gimmick, but early studies of VR for depression, chronic pain, and other ailments are quite promising.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/vr-trips-help-treat-depression-in-the-elderly\">Continue reading \u201cVR Trips Help Treat Depression in the Elderly\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like this video about how Viva Vita addresses loneliness and depression in the elderly using VR. Subscribe here: https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-subscribe-depressionintheelderly. Watch the next video in our series on virtual reality therapy: https:\/\/youtu.be\/IZE41KejIBw. In the United States, about six million people over the age of 65 experience late life depression and about one-third of seniors feel lonely. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}