Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Co. Ltd. (Otsuka) has today initiated the sale of FACEDUO Dementia Care Support VR as a new VR (virtual reality) training program, in a collaboration with the Japan-headquartered company Jolly Good Inc.

Dementia Care Support VR is an interactive VR training program supervised by a medical specialist to help caregivers, including family members of people with dementia, learn about the background of the feelings and behaviors of people with dementia. Caregivers are thereby better able to adapt to the specifc responses of people with dementia. The program was available since September as a pre-release (pilot experience).

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By improving dementia care through this program, Otsuka aims to realize a society living in harmony with dementia, in which people with dementia can continue to live as they are while caregiver stress is reduced, enabling all parties to lead more fulfilling lives.

Since the pre-release in September of this year, this program has been experienced by over 1,000 professionals, caregivers, and general citizens at events such as the Orange Festival and citizen's forums hosted by local governments, exhibitions at dementia-related academic societies, events for caregivers conducted by companies, and professional training and classes for caregiving families at dementia medical centers.