AIMC Topic: Homes for the Aged

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Malnutrition and its contributing factors for older people living in residential aged care facilities: Insights from natural language processing of aged care records.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a serious health risk facing older people living in residential aged care facilities. Aged care staff record observations and concerns about older people in electronic health records (EHR), including free-text progress not...

[The robotic assistance system.].

Recenti progressi in medicina
The aging of the population is a reality common to the entire Western world, while the time available and human resources are limited. According to many experts, the new robotic technologies could help meet the care needs of the elderly, at home and ...

Use of Robotic Pets in Providing Stimulation for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Trial experiments utilized robotic pets to facilitate self-reliance in nursing home residents. A remote-control robot modeled clear and meaningful behaviors to elderly residents. Special attention was paid to its effects on mental and social domains....

Artificial humanoid for the elderly people.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology
While frailty and other multi-scale factors have to be correlated during a geriatric assessment, few prototype robots have already been developed in order to measure and provide real-time information, concerning elderly daily activities. Cognitive im...