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Integrating Socially Assistive Robots into Japanese Nursing Care.

Studies in health technology and informatics
This paper presents experiences of integrating assistive robots in Japanese nursing care through semi-structured interviews and site observations at three nursing homes in Japan during the spring of 2019. The study looked at experiences with the robo...

[The current status of elderly care robots].

Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics

[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 ...

A Machine Learning Recommender System to Tailor Preference Assessments to Enhance Person-Centered Care Among Nursing Home Residents.

The Gerontologist
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nursing homes (NHs) using the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI-NH) to assess important preferences and provide person-centered care find the number of items (72) to be a barrier to using the assessment.

[A humanoid robot used with elderly people suffering from cognitive disorders].

Soins; la revue de reference infirmiere
An experiment was carried out using a humanoid robot in a nursing home. The aim was to assess the benefit it can offer residents and professionals, as part of group reminiscence workshops with people suffering from moderate cognitive disorders.

Care Robot ZORA in Dutch Nursing Homes; An Evaluation Study.

Studies in health technology and informatics
From May 2016 - November 2016 the use of the ZORA robot was investigated in 15 long-term care facilities for older people. The ZORA robot is built as a social robot and used for pleasure and entertainment or to stimulate physical activities of the re...

Body posture recognition and turning recording system for the care of bed bound patients.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
This paper proposes body posture recognition and turning recording system for assisting the care of bed bound patients in nursing homes. The system continuously detects the patient's body posture and records the length of time for each body posture. ...

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...