Supporting Unpaid Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study to Explore Caregiver Outcomes and Impact of a Co-Designed Simulation–Based Psychoeducation Program in Virtual Reality

Mary Chiu   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Sarah C Pistritto   ² , MHSc ;   Kristina M Kokorelias   ^{3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Krystina M Clarke   ² , MHSc ;   Andrei Torres   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Cole G Craven   ⁶ , MDM ;   Adam Dubrowski   ^{2, 7} , PhD ;   Bill Kapralos   ^{6, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Erica O’Hare   ¹ , MSc ;   Joel Sadavoy   ^{9, 10} , MD ;   Adriana Shnall   ^{11, 12} , PhD ;   Michael S D Smith   ¹³ , MSc ;   Nusrat Choudhury   ¹⁴ , MEng ;   Amer M Burhan   ^{1, 10} , MSc, MBChB

¹ Research & Academics, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, ON, Canada

² Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

³ Section of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and Department of Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ KITE-University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Faculty of Computer Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

⁷ maxSIMhealth Group, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

⁸ Game Development and Interactive Media, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ The Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Caregiving, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹³ Medical Devices, National Research Council Canada, Winnipeg, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Medical Devices, National Research Council Canada, Boucherville, ON, Canada