BACKGROUND: Chronic wounds, those which have not healed in a timely manner, are a significant health and economic burden. Older people, especially those living in nursing homes, are disproportionately affected by chronic wounds, and effective managem...
To reduce the pressure on public health services caused by the aging population, nursing homes need to predict disease risks for the elderly periodically. To improve the disease risks predicting ability of nursing homes, we designed Anston (An Attent...
Apathy is common in persons with dementias, especially those in long-term care facilities (LTCs). Few pharmacologic options exist; a major strategy is to foster engagement in social, physical, and cognitive activities, but requires extensive personne...
International journal of environmental research and public health
May 1, 2025
Telepresence robots can enhance social connection and support person-centered care in long-term care (LTC) homes. This study evaluates their impact in facilitating virtual visits between family caregivers and older residents in Canadian LTC homes. Te...
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 ...
AIMS: To synthesise the current research on long-term care workers' perceptions (i.e., attitudes, concerns, and expected functions) of robot-assisted care and their perceived effects of different types of robot-assisted care for older adults in long-...
BACKGROUND: Socially assistive robots introduced in nursing care settings have multidimensional psychological impacts on care recipients and caregivers. This study aims to explore the longitudinal changes induced by socially assistive robots, focusin...
BACKGROUND: Care home residents are a highly vulnerable group, but identifying care home residents in routine data is challenging. This study aimed to develop and validate Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to identify care home residents from...
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Oct 12, 2024
The objective of this study was to use population-based clinical assessment data to build and evaluate machine-learning models for predicting social engagement among female and male residents of long-term care (LTC) homes. Routine clinical assessment...
Robotic animals are designed to resemble real, living animals, but at the same time, dementia care guidelines and policies often emphasize the value of transparency in relation to robots-people should not be led to believe that robots have capacities...
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