Robots to assist daily activities: views of older adults with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

Journal: International psychogeriatrics
Published Date: Sep 23, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robots have the potential to both enable older adults with dementia to perform daily activities with greater independence, and provide support to caregivers. This study explored perspectives of older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their caregivers on robots that provide stepwise prompting to complete activities in the home.

Authors

  • Rosalie H Wang
    Intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Lab,Dept. of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy,University of Toronto,Toronto,Ontario M5G 1V7,Canada.
  • Aishwarya Sudhama
    Centre for Vision Research,York University,Toronto,Ontario M3J 1P3,Canada.
  • Momotaz Begum
    Department of Computer Science,University of New Hampshire,Kingsbury Hall,N215A,Durham,New Hampshire 03824,USA.
  • Rajibul Huq
    The Mathworks,Natick,Massachusetts 01760,USA.
  • Alex Mihailidis

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