Alzheimer’s-Friendly Virtual Home

The Division of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College has received a grant from The NEC Foundation of America “to support the development of the Alzheimer’s-Friendly Virtual Home, a unique and innovative Web site with graphics-rich information for caregivers on ways to best adapt a home for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.”
Researchers at Cornell have already been working on such a website. They believe that an appropriately designed geriatric home environment can reduce excess disability and improve functional capacity of the elderly inhabitants. As a matter of fact, if you are a medical student or primary care physician, you can take an online multimedia course on environmental geriatrics on Cornell’s website.

For more check out the 3D Animated Virtual Home…
Press release: NEC Foundation of America Grant Helps Build Weill Cornell Medical College’s Alzheimer’s-Friendly Virtual Home …
(Hat tip: MTB Europe)