Robots to assist daily activities: views of older adults with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers

Wang, Rosalie H.; Sudhama, Aishwarya; Begum, Momotaz; Huq, Rajibul; Mihailidis, Alex

doi:10.1017/s1041610216001435

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“…They considered that robots might be helpful by reaching, grasping, finding things, and maintaining the sequence of tasks, which helps them compensate for their impairment. This result is not surprising, as demonstrated in many previous studies (44, 47, 48). …”

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Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments

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ObjectiveWe focused on identifying the requirements and needs of people suffering from Alzheimer disease and early dementia stages with relation to robotic assistants.MethodsBased on focus groups performed in two centers (Poland and Spain), we created surveys for medical staff, patients, and caregivers, including: functional requirements; human–robot interaction, the design of the robotic assistant and user acceptance aspects. Using Likert scale and analysis made on the basis of the frequency of survey responses, we identified users’ needs as high, medium, and low priority.ResultsWe gathered 264 completed surveys (100 from medical staff, 81 from caregivers, and 83 from potential users). Most of the respondents, almost at the same level in each of the three groups, accept robotic assistants and their support in everyday life. High level priority functional requirements were related to reacting in emergency situations (calling for help, detecting/removing obstacles) and to reminding about medication intake, about boiling water, turning off the gas and lights (almost 60% of answers). With reference to human–robot interaction, high priority was given to voice operated system and the capability of robotic assistants to reply to simple questions.ConclusionOur results help in achieving better understanding of the needs of patients with cognitive impairments during home tasks in everyday life. This way of conducting the research, with considerations for the interests of three stakeholder groups in two autonomic centers with proven experience regarding the needs of our patient groups, highlights the importance of obtained results.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments

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“…It was also adapted to apathetic patients . Finally, Wang et al investigated the utility of robots in helping patients with AD in daily life activities such as washing hands in the bathroom and making a cup of tea in the kitchen. AD patients were open to the idea of a robot supporting their daily activities but did not want one immediately, while caregivers identified numerous opportunities.…”

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Diagnostic and interventional implications of telemedicine in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: A literature review

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Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Introduction Worldwide, life expectancy, and aging‐related disorders as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD) are increasing, having a rising impact on patients' quality of life and caregivers' distress. Telemedicine offers many possibilities, such as remote diagnosing and monitoring of patients. Objective The purpose of this study is to provide a narrative synthesis of the literature about the implementation of telemedicine for diagnosis, treatment, and follow‐up of patients with AD and MCI and their caregivers. Methods A systematic literature review was conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases up to September 2018. MCI or AD diagnoses were the conditions of interest. We excluded other dementias. Results Fifty‐six articles met inclusion criteria. We identified two main categories: diagnosis group (DG) and follow‐up/interventional group (FIG). Fifteen articles suggested how to make a remote or earlier diagnosis: four were case‐control accuracy studies, nine were paired comparative accuracy studies, and two were prospective single‐arm accuracy studies. Among these, four focused on MCI, six on AD, and five on both. Forty one focused on supporting patients during the stages of the disease (28 articles), patient's caregivers (nine articles), or both (four articles). Conclusions The rising use of telemedicine could actively improve AD and MCI patients' lives, reduce caregivers' burden, and facilitate an early diagnosis if patients live in remote places. However, as some studies report, it is relevant to take into account the emotional impact of telemedicine on patients and not only on the effectiveness.

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“…While both the caregivers and the patients seemed interested in the technology to an extent, patient interest was lacking, mainly because the patients showed a lack of perceived need for the robot's services; in this study, the primary function demonstrated was a prompt-based walkthrough of hand-washing and tea-making. Caregivers, on the other hand, were enthusiastic about the robot, and some showed interest in immediate acquisition of a robot of their own to ease their workload [48]. More human-like, expressive robots appear to elicit more favorable responses from patients.…”

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Designing Socially Assistive Robots for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

2020

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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 field, especially the robots for healthcare use. However, as the aging population keeps growing, current medical staff and healthcare providers are increasingly burdened by caring for the ever-growing number of senior patients, especially those with cognitive impairment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (ADRD) patients. As a result, we can expect to see a large increase in the field of medical robotics, especially in forms of socially assistive robots (SARs) for senior patients and healthcare providers. In fact, SARs can alleviate AD and ADRD patients and their caregivers’ unmet medical needs. Herein, we propose a design outline for such a SAR, based on a review of the current literature. We believe the next generation of SARs will enhance health and well-being, reduce illness and disability, and improve quality of life for AD and ADRD patients and their caregivers.

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Robots to assist daily activities: views of older adults with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers

Cited by 142 publications

References 34 publications

Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments

Challenges for Service Robots—Requirements of Elderly Adults with Cognitive Impairments

Diagnostic and interventional implications of telemedicine in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: A literature review

Designing Socially Assistive Robots for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

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