Virtual travel experience 'Olive Express' brings destinations to aged care residents
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Carolyn Webb
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Olive Express is a virtual travel experience for aged care residents, created by Che Turner who was inspired by his late grandmother Violet Olive. Turner, a former chef for the royal family who lived in England, returned to Brisbane in 2017 and moved into aged care management. He and his wife Kim Chatterjee converted an old delivery van into a mobile virtual reality setup with four screens, allowing elderly residents to experience travel destinations like helicopter flights over Manhattan without leaving their care facility.
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When Turner returned to Brisbane in 2017, he trained to work in aged care and eventually moved into management. It was here that he devised the idea for the Olive Express as a fresh new activity.
Along with his wife Kim Chatterjee, Turner bought an old delivery van and fitted it out with four screens
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