Aisling Flynn- BSc Occupational Therapy/ PhD Health Studies
- Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Bournemouth University
Aisling Flynn
- BSc Occupational Therapy/ PhD Health Studies
- Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Bournemouth University
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Dementia and Technology Researcher
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October 2019 - present
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September 2014 - June 2020
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Publications (15)
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being adopted in dementia research. However, much of the research to date has focused on single-user VR applications with limited attention paid to how multi-user VR (MUVR) applications may be designed to promote or maintain social connectedness. This paper explores the design preferences of seven people living...
Purpose:
People living with dementia are often at increased risk of becoming socially disconnected due to dementia-related challenges. In recent years, digital technology has been designed to help address the social health of people living with dementia and provide opportunities to promote or maintain their social connectedness. This paper present...
Background
Pet robots are a type of social robots that have been used to benefit the psychosocial health of people living with dementia, particularly in nursing home settings. Despite the body of literature that have been conducted to evaluate their impacts, research to understand how pet robots can be translated from research into real‐world pract...
Background
Older adults living with dementia often experience reduced social connectedness and must be supported to enhance or maintain their social connections. Digital technology is increasingly being used to address this area. In particular, virtual reality (VR) has shown promising benefits for sociability despite not being designed for this pur...
Background
Technology is increasingly being used and evolving in the dementia care landscape. One such technology that has gained traction over the last decade is virtual reality (VR). VR is being applied in many areas of dementia care, including cognitive assessment and training, reminiscence therapy, music therapy, and other recreational VR appli...
Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly being applied in dementia care across a range of applications and domains including health and wellbeing. Despite the commercial availability of VR, informants of design are not always aware of its functionality and capabilities, to meaningfully contribute to VR design. In designing VR applications for people li...
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Background:
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be defined as a fully computer-generated environment shown on a head-mounted display. Existing research suggests that key features of IVR can assist older adults in their everyday lives, providing opportunities for health promotion and tackling social isolation and loneliness. There has been a surge i...
Dementia is a global health challenge, and people living with dementia (PLWD) are especially susceptible to reduced engagement in meaningful occupations, including social participation. In the past few decades, socially assistive technologies continue to be developed amidst a rapidly evolving technological landscape to support the social health of...
Background
Pet robots have been employed as viable substitutes to pet therapy in nursing homes. Despite their potential to enhance the psychosocial health of residents with dementia, there is a lack of studies that have investigated determinants of implementing pet robots in real-world practice. This study aims to explore the determinants of implem...
BACKGROUND
Technology is increasingly being used and is evolving in the dementia care landscape. Once such technology that has gained traction in the last decade is virtual reality (VR). VR is being applied to many areas of dementia care including cognitive assessment and training, reminiscence therapy, music therapy and other recreational VR appli...
BACKGROUND
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be defined as fully computer-generated environments that are displayed through a head-mounted display. Existing research suggests that key features of IVR can assist older adults in their everyday lives–providing opportunities in health promotion and tackling social isolation and loneliness. There has...
Background
Technology is increasingly being used in dementia care as a means of non-pharmacological intervention. One such technology, Virtual Reality (VR) has shown to be a promising vehicle to deliver interventions for people living with dementia. The views of people living with dementia and key stakeholders must be considered to inform future re...
Background
In the current digital age, new opportunities arise to support healthy ageing in older adults as frailty and immobility become more prominent. Immersive virtual reality, which can be defined as a fully computer-generated environment that is displayed through a headmounted display, is one of these technologies. Recently, there has been an...
