Virtual Reality for Caregiver Assembly, Relief, Empowerment, and Support (VR-CARES)

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Conditions studied: Direct Care Workers, Dementia Caregiver, In-Home Care, Caregiver Social Support, Peer Support

In brief

The VR-CARES project is an innovative, collaborative effort that invites dementia care professionals into the design process of a virtual reality platform seeking to mitigate their work-related burden and social isolation by cultivating a virtual community of support. The co-created, caregiver-specific VR platform will serve as a safe, communal space where caregivers can remotely connect with their peers, share fun experiences together, access support, learn self-care and build resilience within a supportive virtual network to enhance their social and mental health and job satisfaction. Central to VR-CARES in the principle of user-led innovation, ensuring that the technology not only serves but is informed and successfully adopted by the very individuals it intends to benefit, an important standard for empathetic and inclusive technology in healthcare.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07430371

Run by

Rendever, Inc.

People needed

30

Starts

2026-03-11

Expected to finish

2026-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Employed by an in-home care agency and have at least one older adult client with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementia
• At least 18 years of age
• Are proficient in English

You may not qualify if…

• History of seizures or severe motion sickness
• Are unable to see images in the virtual reality headset

Where it is running

• Comfort Keepers Home Care — San Diego, California, United States (enrolling)
• Rendever, Inc. — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
• Right at Home — Salem, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
• Right at Home — Brighton, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Right at Home — East Lansing, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Right at Home — Novi, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Right at Home — Owosso, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Halcyon Home — Austin, Texas, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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