Created vest lets you feel like an old man Bashny.Net

Old age - the period of life that most people are afraid and are out to defer, but the staff of centers specializing in care for the elderly, can now afford to feel the same feel older lyudi.

In order to help medical staff know that they feel their wards, was created suit allows you to experience for yourself some of the problems that have to live the elderly. The device consists of a vest and with weighting belt, limiting movement, as well as headphones and special glasses that restore vision and hearing loss.

All personnel in hospitals Mid Yorkshire - from porters to consultants, are now required to feel the burden of old age, after spending some time in a suit. Management believes that it will help them better understand how to feel the elderly and patients with dementia when they try to perform basic tasks. Creators of the vest inspired by Peterborough City Hospital, whose staff has recently undergone refresher care to patients suffering from obesity. There staff forced to wear a suit that gave them human form, weighing about 254 kilograms.

The older sister Anita Rakledzh said, "Suit aging will help staff feel the sense of empathy for patients who suffer from age-related problems or dementia. This method helps to yourself to feel all the problems they face in their daily lives. " Those workers are clinics that have already felt what it means to age, say after five or ten minutes began to slouch because of the weight of costume and have problems with the movements of the overlap limiting the mobility of the elbow and knee joints.

Furthermore, in the suit includes special gloves, causing tremor, simulating symptoms of diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Among other age-related diseases, which helps young people feel the suit: the opacity of the lens, narrowing the field of view, limiting the mobility of the cervical spine and joint stiffness. According to the British tabloid Mail Online, soon wearing such suits personnel of nursing homes may become a common practice not only in UK but also worldwide.

Source: mirfactov.com/