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Measuring the impact of age, gender and dementia on communication-robot interventions in residential care homes.
Geriatrics & gerontology international
Feb 19, 2020
AIM: The primary aim of this study was to examine the impact of age, gender and the stage of dementia on the results of an assistive technology intervention that make use of communication robots (com-robots). The intervention was designed to improve ...
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to identify frailty within a residential aged care administrative data set.
International journal of medical informatics
Feb 4, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Research has shown that frailty, a geriatric syndrome associated with an increased risk of negative outcomes for older people, is highly prevalent among residents of residential aged care facilities (also called long term care facilitie...
Ethics of socially assistive robots in aged-care settings: a socio-historical contextualisation.
Journal of medical ethics
Dec 9, 2019
Different embodiments of technology permeate all layers of public and private domains in society. In the public domain of aged care, attention is increasingly focused on the use of socially assistive robots (SARs) supporting caregivers and older adul...
How people with dementia perceive a therapeutic robot called PARO in relation to their pain and mood: A qualitative study.
Journal of clinical nursing
Dec 2, 2019
BACKGROUND: Interacting with social robots, such as the robotic seal PARO, has been shown to improve mood and acute pain for people with dementia. Little attention has been paid to the effect of PARO on people with dementia and chronic pain.
How do "robopets" impact the health and well-being of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.
International journal of older people nursing
May 9, 2019
BACKGROUND: Robopets are small animal-like robots which have the appearance and behavioural characteristics of pets.
Care Personnel's Attitudes and Fears Toward Care Robots in Elderly Care: A Comparison of Data from the Care Personnel in Finland and Japan.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Oct 24, 2018
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to analyze and compare elderly care personnel attitudes toward care robots in Finland and Japan.
Activities suggestion based on emotions in AAL environments.
Artificial intelligence in medicine
Feb 14, 2018
The elderly population is increasing and the response of the society was to provide them with services directed to them to cope with their needs. One of the oldest solutions is the retirement home, providing housing and permanent assistance for the e...
Quality of Life
Cognition
Age Factors
Emotions
Equipment Design
Activities of Daily Living
Monitoring, Ambulatory
Assisted Living Facilities
Self-Help Devices
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Artificial Intelligence
Aging
Social Workers
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Health Services for the Aged
Happiness
Boredom
A robotic shower system : Acceptance and ethical issues.
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Dec 11, 2017
BACKGROUND: Being able to maintain personal hygiene plays a crucial role for independent living in old age or when suffering from disabilities. Within the European project ICT Supported Bath Robots (I‑SUPPORT) an intelligent robotic shower system is ...
[Emotional robots in a nursing context : Empirical analysis of the present use and the effects of Paro and Pleo].
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Dec 7, 2017
BACKGROUND: It has been questioned by researchers in robotics as well in the general public to what extent companion-type robots can support the elderly with the fulfillment of their psychological and social needs. Although these robots have already ...
Care staff perceptions of a social robot called Paro and a look-alike Plush Toy: a descriptive qualitative approach.
Aging & mental health
Dec 14, 2016
OBJECTIVES: Social robots such as Paro, a therapeutic companion robot, have recently been introduced into dementia care as a means to reduce behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. The purpose of this study was to explore care staff perce...
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