Background Loneliness and social isolation can have severe effects on human health and
well-being. Partial solutions to combat these circumstances in demographically aging …

Background: Social robots are currently a form of assistive technology for the elderly,
healthy, or with cognitive impairment, helping to maintain their independence and improve …

The field of human–robot interaction (HRI) is young and highly inter-disciplinary, and the
approaches, standards and methods proper to it are still in the process of negotiation. This …

Background: The interest in applying information and communications technology (ICT) in
older adult health care is frequently promoted by the increasing and unsustainable costs of …

Currently, the lifestyle of elderly people is regularly monitored in order to establish
guidelines for rehabilitation processes or ensure the welfare of this segment of the …

As a senile chronic, progressive and currently incurable disease, dementia has an
enormous impact on society and life quality of the elderly. The development of teleoperation …

In this review, we focus on the various integrated care models that have been applied for the
management of dementia patients. We explore the different types of assistive technologies …

The proposed research aims to investigate the problem of age-friendly robot designing from
the perspective of the potential end-users. The initial objectives addressed three main …

Alzheimer's disease, and dementia, represent a common cause of disability and one of the
most relevant challenges in the health world. In addition, these conditions do not have, at …

In aspect of the natural language processing field, previous studies have generally analyzed
sound signals and provided related responses. However, in various conversation scenarios …