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

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.

NCT Number	NCT07430371
Lead Sponsor	Rendever, Inc. Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA), RAND
Conditions	Direct Care Workers, Dementia Caregiver, In-Home Care, Caregiver Social Support, Peer Support
Enrollment	30 participants
Start Date	2026-03-11
Primary Completion	2026-10 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-10 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-06-29