Background Given the complexity of providing dementia care in hospitals, integrating
technology into practice is a high challenge and an important opportunity. Although there …

New technology, such as social robots, opens up new opportunities in hospital settings.
PARO, a robotic pet seal, was designed to provide emotional and social support for older …

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 …

Intelligent assistive robots can enhance the quality of life of people with dementia and their
caregivers. They can increase the independence of older adults, reduce tensions between a …

Objective With an elderly population that is set to more than double by 2050 worldwide,
there will be an increased demand for elderly care. This poses several impediments in the …

Socially Assistive Robots (SAR) may help improve care delivery at home for older adults
with cognitive impairment and reduce the burden of informal caregivers. Examining the …

The aim of this study was to describe interventions for PARO, as well as the outcomes
evaluated and found following use of PARO, and to identify outcome measures in PARO …

Over the past few years there has been a large rise in the field of robotics. Robots are being
in used in many industries, but there has not been a large surge of robots in the medical …

The ongoing development of robotics on the one hand and, on the other hand, the foreseen
relative growth in number of elderly individuals suffering from dementia, raises the question …

Abstract Background Socially assistive robots (SARs) are created to meet challenges of the
global increase of older adults. SARs are autonomous embodied technologies, equipped …