Implementation of a Virtual Reality recreation program in long-term care.

Introduction: This manuscript describes the implementation of a Virtual Reality (VR) recreation program at long-term care sites across Ontario, Canada, using the RE-AIM Framework to guide the implementation and its evaluation.

Methods: We developed a VR recreation program to enhance the lives of long-term care residents, through 3 sequential phases. In Phase 1, we learned about resident and staff needs through focus groups, staff surveys and observations.

Virtual reality and well-being in older adults: Results from a pilot implementation of virtual reality in long-term care.

Introduction: This paper describes the findings of a pilot implementation project that explored the potential of virtual reality (VR) technology in recreational programming to support the well-being of older adults in long-term care (LTC) homes.

Methods: 32 Adults in four LTC homes participated in a pilot implementation project where they viewed VR experiences of popular locations in Canada created especially for this project. Data in this paper are based on multiple viewing experiences ( = 102) over a two-week period.

Early cervical carcinoma and fertility-sparing treatment options: MR imaging as a tool in patient selection and a follow-up modality.

Because of the widespread use of cytologic screening programs in industrialized nations, cervical carcinoma is being diagnosed in younger patients and at an earlier stage. The traditional therapy for early-stage disease is radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy, which leads to infertility. In the past 20 years, fertility-sparing therapies, such as cervical conization and radical trachelectomy, have emerged and show good oncologic and obstetric outcomes.