Virtual Reality Music in Geriatric Inpatients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Medical instability which limits ability to participate in the study (unstable vital signs, delirium, new medical events, deteriorating signs),
• •Unablility to communicate in English or French,
• •Behavioural issues/delirium that limit participation in the study,
• •Those who have very severe dementia (using the Reisberg stage 7 which is defined by very limited communication ability, and dependence for all self-care
• •Those without sufficient auditory acuity to undergo assessment and participate in the intervention, which affects their ability to communicate their consent for this study and to listen to music
• •Ophthalmological conditions which affects their ability to participate in the immersive VR (recent eye surgery, severe macular degeneration, severe glaucoma, epilepsy and seizures, etc.).