[HTML][HTML] Technology and dementia: The future is now

AJ Astell, N Bouranis, J Hoey, A Lindauer… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Technology has multiple potential applications to dementia from diagnosis and
assessment to care delivery and supporting ageing in place. Objectives: To summarise key …

Social robots for the care of persons with dementia: a systematic review

M Ghafurian, J Hoey, K Dautenhahn - ACM Transactions on Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
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 …

Acceptance and attitudes toward a human-like socially assistive robot by older adults

WYG Louie, D McColl, G Nejat - Assistive Technology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies have shown that cognitive and social interventions are crucial to the overall
health of older adults including their psychological, cognitive, and physical well-being …

Social companion robots to reduce isolation: A perception change due to COVID-19

M Ghafurian, C Ellard, K Dautenhahn - … –INTERACT 2021: 18th IFIP TC 13 …, 2021 - Springer
Social isolation is one of the negative consequences of a pandemic like COVID-19. Social
isolation and loneliness are not only experienced by older adults, but also by younger …

State-of-the-art sensors for remote care of people with dementia during a pandemic: A systematic review

CK Behera, J Condell, S Dora, DS Gibson, G Leavey - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of people diagnosed
with dementia. With diminishing public health and social care resources, there is substantial …

A social robot-facilitated performance assessment of self-care skills for people with alzheimer's: A preliminary study

F Yuan, R Bray, M Oliver, J Duzan, M Crane… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Worldwide, there are approximately 10 million new cases of dementia reported each year.
Due to impairments in cognitive functioning such as loss of memory, linguistic abilities, and …

Socially interactive agents for supporting aging

M Ghafurian, J Muñoz, J Boger, J Hoey… - The Handbook on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The average age of the world's population is steadily increasing. There are 125 million
people globally aged 80 years or older and it is predicted that this num ber will change to …

The design of an interactive assistive kitchen system

M Ficocelli, G Nejat - Assistive Technology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
As the world's elderly population drastically increases, aging-related cognitive impairments
have become one of the biggest healthcare concerns. In this paper, we present the design of …

Classifying a person's degree of accessibility from natural body language during social human–robot interactions

D McColl, C Jiang, G Nejat - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For social robots to be successfully integrated and accepted within society, they need to be
able to interpret human social cues that are displayed through natural modes of …

Playing a memory game with a socially assistive robot: A case study at a long-term care facility

WYG Louie, D McColl, G Nejat - 2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Studies have shown that cognitive and social stimulation is crucial to the overall health of
older adults including psychological, cognitive and physical well-being. However, activities …