Not just for kids anymore, video games help stroke patients. "Moving" their bodies in virtual reality improved climbing steps, walking and standing.
HT medpundit
Other virtual health benefits? Blogging in the early stages of Alzheimer's really improves the quality of life. As reported by Wired News in Blog to Cope with Alzheimer's Fog, blogging helps Alzheimer's sufferers to "recall tasks completed and milestones passed," to categorize and store memories online and to reach out to others experiencing memory loss.
Stories of other people who have been through what you're going through are tremendously helpful. Going virtual means a single story can help people around the world - like this story in a A Year to Remember by woman who published her journals about caring for her mother with Alzheimer's just so others could take solace.