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ElderLink’s virtual‑reality caregiver training wins U.S. Aging Achievement Award

Mature Living (broadcast) · February 1, 2026

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Summary

ElderLink’s 2024 virtual‑reality pilot 'Exploring Dimensions of Aging through Virtual Reality' uses Embodied Labs to let caregivers experience older adults’ perspectives; the program received a U.S. Aging Achievement Award in 2025 and will add Alzheimer’s and end‑of‑life modules in 2026.

Demi Warner, a social work case manager with Inova ElderLink, described a pilot program launched in 2024 that uses virtual reality to help caregivers see the world from an older adult’s perspective and said the project received national recognition.

"We are able to embody an older adult who is facing a real life challenge ... and get to really, see from their point of view through their eyes," Warner said, describing the pilot called Exploring Dimensions of Aging through Virtual Reality, run in…

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