Role of a Dementia Virtual Reality App in Developing Situated Empathy, Attitude and Person-Centred Care-A Qualitative Approach.

Background: The demands of any health education programme including nurse education would benefit from innovative ways to support students learning in an effective and efficient manner. Such approaches resonate particularly when caring for older people living with dementia, due to multifactorial manifestations of the condition, patients' difficulty in articulating their needs and the potential for negative care outcomes. Empathy is an important part of understanding dementia and is also recognised as a complex and multidimensional concept.