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An In-home Advanced Robotic System to Manage Elderly Home-care Patients' Medications: A Pilot Safety and Usability Study.
Clinical therapeutics
Apr 20, 2017
PURPOSE: We examined the safety profile and usability of an integrated advanced robotic device and telecare system to promote medication adherence for elderly home-care patients.
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...
Change in quality of life in older people with dementia participating in Paro-activity: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Journal of advanced nursing
Aug 16, 2016
AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate effects of robot-assisted group activity with Paro on quality of life in older people with dementia.
Group activity with Paro in nursing homes: systematic investigation of behaviors in participants.
International psychogeriatrics
Mar 28, 2016
BACKGROUND: A variety of group activities is promoted for nursing home (NH) residents with dementia with the aim to reduce apathy and to increase engagement and social interaction. Investigating behaviors related to these outcomes could produce insig...
Lounging with robots--social spaces of residents in care: A comparison trial.
Australasian journal on ageing
Dec 2, 2015
AIMS: To investigate whether robots could reduce resident sleeping and stimulate activity in the lounges of an older persons' care facility.
Therapeutic effects of dog visits in nursing homes for the elderly.
Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
Oct 29, 2015
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that visiting dogs can have positive effects on elderly people in nursing homes. We wanted to study the effects of biweekly dog visits on sleep patterns and the psychiatric well-being of elderly people.
Benefits and problems of health-care robots in aged care settings: A comparison trial.
Australasian journal on ageing
Sep 13, 2015
AIM: This study investigated whether multiple health-care robots could have any benefits or cause any problems in an aged care facility.
Humans
Communication
Aging
Quality of Life
Attitude of Health Personnel
Interviews as Topic
Homes for the Aged
Attitude to Computers
Health Services for the Aged
New Zealand
Time Factors
Activities of Daily Living
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Nursing Homes
Age Factors
Social Behavior
Robotics
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.
BMJ open
Aug 12, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Apathy, agitated behaviours, loneliness and depression are common consequences of dementia. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of a robotic animal on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in people with dementia living ...
Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Jun 18, 2015
OBJECTIVES: To examine effects on symptoms of agitation and depression in nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia participating in a robot-assisted group activity with the robot seal Paro.
Group sessions with Paro in a nursing home: Structure, observations and interviews.
Australasian journal on ageing
Jun 9, 2015
AIM: We recently reported that a companion robot reduced residents' loneliness in a randomised controlled trial at an aged-care facility. This report aims to provide additional, previously unpublished data about how the sessions were run, residents' ...
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