LookBack: Virtual Therapy for Dementia

LookBack is a digital therapy platform that uses Virtual Reality to help people with dementia.

Transforming Dementia Care

LookBack is a digital therapy platform that helps caregivers improve the health and wellness of people with dementia.

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Grounded in Research

LookBack was developed in consultation with leading experts in dementia care from the University of Oxford and tested with hundreds of people with dementia. It is grounded in science-backed therapeutic approaches to dementia care such as reminiscence and cognitive stimulation.

How it works

The LookBack Care Platform can be used to easily set up and conduct the VR session from a smartphone.

Use LookBack to re-visit any location in the world to stimulate memories, or virtually travel to new places.

Personalize the app by saving favorite places and creating custom tours.

“If this kind of relief can be provided for many more people… then I am hopeful for a world where facing dementia will not be such a truly terrible and isolating experience.”

Lucy Johnston

Wired

“A cost effective intervention that doesn’t require much training before use.”

Michael Hurt

Head of Older People & Dementia, NHS Walsall CCG

“We really enjoy using LookBack! The reaction from people is amazing, and even if just for a few minutes they are taken into a world that they love and this is priceless.”

Mandy

Manager, Walsall, UK

“Addressing dementia with VR… It’s like an episode of White Mirror.”

Roy Bahat

Head of Bloomberg Beta

“Most of the residents were more vocal than normal, recalling memories from times they had spent in the past. I noticed that most of them showed feelings of happiness and were smiling and laughing and this induced conversation.”

Helen Partridge

Clinical Lead, Meadowview Care Home, UK

“At first I thought the residents might not like it or understand what it is, but it amazed me how happy they were. It made me a bit tearful because they were loving it. I don’t think there was one negative thing. The residents and staff were talking about it all day!”

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Diane Davidson

Care Leader at Marston Court Care Home

“Life-changing for people with dementia” - WIRED

“Top Pick - Health & Biotech” - TechCrunch

“LookBack VR is helping to counter the debilitating effects of dementia by stimulating memories.” - Times

“Britain trials virtual reality time travel to combat dementia” - Reuters

“The UK's most promising new app” - Tech London

“The senior population is often neglected from new technologies. Virtue, it seems, is taking a different approach.” - The Daily Beast

“Mayor backs London’s tech entrepreneurs to tackle capital’s challenges.” - Mayor of London