Situated Analysis of Interactions between Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and the Therapeutic Robot PARO

Chang, Wan-Ling; Šabanović, Selma; Huber, Lesa

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02675-6_37

Cited by 36 publications

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“…29 Studies describe the way in which some residents demonstrate their affection for Paro by hugging and kissing or patting and soothing it as if the seal robot was a baby. 46,47 This could be seen as similar to the bonding between a mother and child, which also is found to increase oxytocin levels in the mother. 45 If Paro creates emotions that are similar to caring for a baby or pet, this could contribute to explaining the increased oxytocin levels measured in the Paro study by .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Jøranson

Pedersen

Rokstad

et al. 2015

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Jøranson

Pedersen

Rokstad

et al. 2015

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

206

236

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“…[12]), nursing homes (e.g. [13,14], and private homes (e.g. [15]) have brought attention to the effects of emergent social factors (e.g.…”

Section: Socially Assistive Robots In Eldercarementioning

confidence: 99%

A Robot of My Own: Participatory Design of Socially Assistive Robots for Independently Living Older Adults Diagnosed with Depression

Šabanović

Chang

Bennett

et al. 2015

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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This paper presents an ongoing project using participatory design methods to develop design concepts for socially assistive robots (SARs) with older adults diagnosed with depression and co-occurring physical illness. We frame SARs development in the context of preventive patient-centered healthcare, which empowers patients as the primary drivers of health and aims to delay the onset of disease rather than focusing on treatment. After describing how SARs can be of benefit in this form of healthcare, we detail our participatory design study with older adults and therapists aimed at developing preventive SARs applications for this population. We found therapists and older adults to be willing and able to participate in assistive robot design, though hands-on participation was a challenge. Our findings suggest that important areas of concern for older adults with depression are social interaction and companionship, as well as technologies that are easy to use and require minimal intervention.

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“…Such studies have performed evaluations over 5 weeks [43], 4 months [16], and 1 year [42]. In situ studies have also evaluated PARO as a therapeutic aid for people with dementia [5,10,26]. Most closely aligned to our application, Plaisant et al [29] employed a participatory design approach in the design of an SAR prototype to enhance rehabilitation outcomes with children.…”

Section: In Situ Design and Evaluation In The Wildmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adapting a General-Purpose Social Robot for Paediatric Rehabilitation through In Situ Design

Carrillo

Butchart

Knight

et al. 2018

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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Socially assistive robots (SARs) offer great promise for improving outcomes in paediatric rehabilitation. However, the design of software and interactive capabilities for SARs must be carefully considered in the context of their intended clinical use. While previous work has explored specific roles and functionalities to support paediatric rehabilitation, few have considered the design of such capabilities in the context of ongoing clinical deployment. In this article, we present a two-phase in situ design process for SARs in health care, emphasising stakeholder engagement and on-site development. We explore this in the context of developing the humanoid social robot NAO as a socially assistive rehabilitation aid for children with cerebral palsy. We present and evaluate our design process, outcomes achieved, and preliminary results from ongoing clinical testing with 9 patients and 5 therapists over 14 sessions. We argue that our in situ design methodology has been central to the rapid and successful deployment of our system. Rehabilitation outcomes rely critically on patients adhering to a prescribed set of rehabilitation exercises [38]. When those patients are children, maintaining compliance and focus while performing what can often be tiring, uncomfortable, and repetitive exercise programs presents a significant challenge [30,34]. While therapists and caregivers are well equipped with skills and experience to maintain a child's motivation, this takes considerable time and resources [24]. Therapists are not always able to attend each prescribed exercise session and, even when present, results are not always positive.Socially assistive robots (SARs) are increasingly being considered to support a range of health care delivery needs. SARs provide assistance primarily through social interaction and engagement [8], that is, children suffering form serious illness [1]. SARs have shown promising results for improving mood, reducing stress, and encouraging communication for children on the autism spectrum [35], in rehabilitation [4,37], for encouraging exercise in older adults [7], and in poststroke rehabilitation [44].Paediatric rehabilitation presents an ideal context for the application of SARs. Previous work suggests that SARs may provide therapeutic benefits for patients through increased focus and compliance [9,17]. However, no formal clinical evaluation of the therapeutic benefits of SARs for rehabilitation currently exists. This requires development beyond proof-of-concept, with clear clinical-use cases identified. While previous work has explored specific roles and functionalities to support paediatric rehabilitation (e.g., [2,4,20,37]) few have considered the design of such capabilities in the context of ongoing clinical deployment. Addressing this gap is critical to understanding the clinical context that SARs must operate in and for establishing the long-term legitimacy of SARs as effective and usable therapeutic aids with therapists and caregivers.We are developing software to adapt the humanoid robot NAO ...

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Situated Analysis of Interactions between Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and the Therapeutic Robot PARO

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

A Robot of My Own: Participatory Design of Socially Assistive Robots for Independently Living Older Adults Diagnosed with Depression

Adapting a General-Purpose Social Robot for Paediatric Rehabilitation through In Situ Design

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