Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Mar 27, 2025
BACKGROUND: With the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in various areas of life, AI technologies are increasingly being developed for the nursing and care of older people and are intended to contribute to greater safety for older people in ...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Jan 5, 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: One possible approach to counter singularization and loneliness of older adults is the development and implementation of socially interactive robots. Little is known about the expectations and experiences of older adults wit...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Jul 11, 2022
BACKGROUND: The article addresses commercial socially assistive robots (SAR). There is evidence of the impact of SAR on older persons in institutional settings. Family care at home has not yet been the subject of systematic research; however, especia...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Jul 6, 2021
BACKGROUND: Social relationships are essential resources for psychological well-being and physical health. In old age, increased vulnerability and loss of functions are accompanied by diminishing social networks reinforcing a vicious circle. This dec...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Nov 13, 2020
BACKGROUND: Home care for older people with dementia (PwD) is associated with special needs and requires appropriate support services as well as learning and developmental impulses from a geragogical perspective. The accompanied use of robotic techno...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Oct 14, 2020
Assistive robotics as a gerontological geriatric field of research so far seem to be perceived more as "recalcitrant". Predominant is a reserved attitude as to whether this should be considered a research topic to be taken seriously. The reliability ...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Oct 8, 2020
The use of autonomous assistive robots in the domestic environment of old people and the possible effects on the quality of life is a relatively new field of research. Given the relatively limited technical robustness of these robots, autonomous assi...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Oct 7, 2020
BACKGROUND: In 2030 there will be 4 million people in need of care in Germany; however, the nursing care sector is already suffering from a shortage of skilled workers. Innovative approaches are thus required. One possible solution with high future p...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Oct 1, 2020
BACKGROUND: Residential old age institutions are currently undergoing a digital transformation process, which is characterized by an orientation towards increasing digitalization of work processes as well as the institutional infrastructure. But what...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Sep 28, 2020
In the media more and more can be read about "care robots" as a possible solution for the current lack of qualified care staff but often without differentiating this term any further. This often leads to the assumption that robots are already able to...