Potential Facilitators of and Barriers to Implementing the MINI Robot in Community-Based Meeting Centers for People With Dementia and Their Carers in the Netherlands and Spain: Explorative Qualitative Study.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
PMID: 37531190

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Social robots, as a form of digital health technologies, are used to support emotional, cognitive, and physical care and have shown promising outcomes in enhancing social well-being in people with dementia (PwD) by boosting emotions, social interactions, and activity participation.

Authors

  • Aysan Mahmoudi Asl
    Department of Research and Development, Iberian Institute of Research in Psycho-Sciences, INTRAS Foundation, Zamora, Spain.
  • Suzanne Kouters
    Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behaviour and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Aĺvaro Castro-González
    Robotics Lab, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30, Leganés, Madrid 28911, Spain. acgonzal@ing.uc3m.es.
  • Henriëtte van der Roest
    Department on Aging, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos Insititute, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Manuel Franco Martin
    Psycho-Sciences Research Group, Salamanca Biomedical Research Institute, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain.
  • Rose-Marie Dröes

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