PARIS, Aug 17 — The pandemic propelled seniors into intense social isolation. Canadian researchers suggest that engaging with virtual art exhibits can improve seniors’ quality of life and help them maintain social ties... even at a distance.
Doctors who are members of the French-speaking doctors’ association Médecins francophones du Canada were thus able to prescribe, between 2018 and 2019, visits to the museum on prescription to their patients suffering from depression, diabetes or chronic diseases. They recruited 106 people aged 65 and over, living in the Montreal metropolitan area. Half of them were given virtual guided tours via Zoom once a week for three months.
For Dr Olivier Beauchet, lead author of the study, these findings show that virtual guided tours can be “an effective intervention” to combat social isolation of the elderly. “[They] could be offered in museums and arts institutions worldwide to promote active and healthy aging,” he explained.
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