Ann Brennan, director of volunteer services for Chicago Methodist Senior Services, puts a virtual reality headset on Amber Davis at Hartwell Place in Andersonville, as she prepares to go through a lab designed to help caregivers understand how it feels to live with dementia. (Kristan Lieb/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
CHICAGO: After experiencing the world as a woman with Alzheimer's disease, Ana Lebron took off her virtual reality headset and began to cry.
She couldn't pinpoint which part of the experience left her in tears. After all, she works with Alzheimer's patients every day as an activities coordinator at assisted living facility Hartwell Place in Andersonville.
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