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Cognitive Frailty is one of the most common age-related disabilities in elderly. The two most damage cognitive domain in these patients are memory and executive functions. An innovative virtual reality-based training program for the rehabilitation of cognitive frail patients are proposed. The training is focused both on memory and executive functions and is possible to combine the two tasks according to the needs of the patients. The program could be done both with low-end (personal computer) and high-end (CAVE) virtual reality systems to guarantee the continuity of treatment from the hospital to home.
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This work was supported by the Italian funded project “High-end and Low- End Virtual Reality Systems for the Rehabilitation of Frailty in the Elderly” -PE- 2013-02355948.
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Pedroli, E., Serino, S., Stramba-Badiale, M., Riva, G. (2018). An Innovative Virtual Reality-Based Training Program for the Rehabilitation of Cognitive Frail Patients. In: Oliver, N., Serino, S., Matic, A., Cipresso, P., Filipovic, N., Gavrilovska, L. (eds) Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health. FABULOUS MindCare IIOT 2016 2016 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 207. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74935-8_8
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