Virtual Nature as a Health-promoting Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

The intervention will consist of a 12-week virtual nature program in which participants will engage in two sessions per week. During each session, they will watch a 10-minute 360° video depicting a natural setting. Participants will select videos from a curated library of nature scenarios filmed by researchers in locations near or within the same region as their nursing homes. The videos will showcase various seasons in Norway (spring, summer, fall, and winter) and include popular activities such as hiking and cross-country skiing. The videos will be played using a Meta Quest 3 headset, with sessions conducted in participants' rooms by nursing home staff-except for the first session, which will be facilitated by the researchers.