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The Convergence Era
Connection by Design: How Immersive Technology Is Expanding What’s Possible in Senior Living
May 27th, 2026 at 1PM CST
What happens when a resident with advanced dementia puts on a VR headset and walks through the neighborhood where she grew up? What changes in a community when shared virtual experiences become part of the daily programming calendar as an intentional strategy for connection, cognition, and care?
- Identify how virtual reality and immersive technology are being used in senior living communities to support whole-person well-being — including emotional, cognitive, social, and physical dimensions — for residents across the care continuum, including those living with cognitive impairment.
- Explain the operational and clinical considerations involved in implementing immersive technology, including staffing integration, programming workflows, family engagement strategies, and tools such as dementia empathy training that strengthen relationships between staff, residents, and families.
- Evaluate how connection-focused technology influences measurable outcomes across multiple domains: resident satisfaction and well-being, family perception and trust, workforce engagement and retention, and a community’s ability to differentiate in a competitive market.
- Apply Convergence Era thinking to assess how emerging technologies can simultaneously serve as care tools, risk mitigation strategies, and innovation drivers — without creating operational burden — by aligning life enrichment, clinical, marketing, and leadership priorities around a shared vision of human-centered care.
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