Robots With and for the Elderly People – Case Study Based on Action Research

Lehto, Paula

doi:10.21125/iceri.2017.0153

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“…In terms of geriatric care product design, Qi and Zhou in their article "A user study of wearable product for elderly care-taking community nursing service as example" [21] proposed to analyze the actual needs of elderly care and the user needs of wearable products, to provide design methods and guiding principles for wearable product designers. In the design of intelligent escort robots, Lehto pointed out the method in the article " Robots with and for the elderly people -a case study based on action research" [22]. For the development and research of elderly care robots through action research and live experiment methods, use technology to develop new digital health and welfare services for the elderly to promote the physical and mental health of the elderly, and design services and products that meet the needs of the elderly.…”

Section: Part Of Research On Elderly Care Products In the Field Ofmentioning

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Research on the Design of Accompanying Products for the Mentally Retarded Elderly Based on AHP

Zhou

et al. 2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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As the number of elderly patients with dementia is increasing year by year, accompanying products for the elderly with dementia are becoming more and more important. Senile dementia has become a major disease that affects countries around the world and, at the same time, it has brought enormous pressure on social care. Therefore, this research aims to obtain a new set of design methods for dementia elderly care products by introducing the combination of AHP and fuzzy evaluation methods and applying them to design examples. And then break through the existing design path of accompanying products for the elderly with dementia, and relieve the social burden. This study takes the intelligent care robot for the elderly with dementia as an example. Due to the particularity of user groups, this article proposed a design method for elderly care products that integrates mathematical theoretical models. This design method is convenient for designers to have a more accurate data reference when designing and positioning, and summarizing the supporting product design scheme that can better meet the actual needs of the elderly with dementia. Through SET factors to analyze the driving force of demand for dementia elderly care products, and combined with a questionnaire survey to establish the design requirements of dementia elderly care products for analysis of hierarchy process, it effectively defines the design demand attributes of dementia elderly intelligent care robots. The research results are applied to the design of the intelligent accompanying care robot for the demented elderly, the comprehensive fuzzy evaluation of the design scheme is carried out, and the direction of further optimization of the scheme is obtained. This article proposed a design method for accompanying care products for the elderly with dementia by combining F-AHP (Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process). This design method is based on a rigorous mathematical theoretical model. Compared with the traditional design method, this research focused on quantitative analysis and evaluation of the actual design requirements of the dementia elderly care products and had more accurate design priority data reference in the scheme design. The research results show that based on the combination of F-AHP, this article redefines the design path of accompanying products for the elderly with dementia, and concludes that the functions that need to be improved and optimized in the future of intelligent accompanying robots for the elderly with dementia are mainly: executive ability training, computing ability training, and observation ability training. At the same time, the design process of the intelligent escort robot for the elderly with dementia can also be applied to the design of intelligent elderly products, which can improve the service experience of intelligent elderly products in a targeted manner.

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Section: Part Of Research On Elderly Care Products In the Field Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the Design of Accompanying Products for the Mentally Retarded Elderly Based on AHP

Zhou

et al. 2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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“…Where an origin of AR was mentioned, some cases named two of these (see Figure 4). [20], [22], [27],…”

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Action Research in eHealth Design and Implementation: Literature Review (Preprint)

Oberschmidt¹,

Grünloh²,

Nijboer³

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND Action Research (AR) is an established research framework to introduce change in a community following a cyclical approach and involving stakeholders as co-researchers in the process. In recent years, it has also been used for eHealth development. However, little is known about the best practices and lessons learned of utilizing AR for eHealth development. OBJECTIVE his literature review aims to provide more knowledge on best practices and lessons learned from eHealth AR studies. Additionally, an overview of the context in which AR eHealth studies take place is given. METHODS A semi-systematic review of 44 papers reporting on 40 different AR projects was conducted to identify best practices and lessons learned in the research studies while taking into account the particular contextual setting and used AR model. RESULTS Important recommendations include attention for the training of stakeholders’ academic skills, as well as the various roles and tasks of action researchers. The studies also highlight the need for constant reflection and for accessible dissemination suiting the target group. CONCLUSIONS The literature review identified room for improvements regarding communicating and specifying the particular AR definition and applied model.

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A comparative study to elucidate factors explaining willingness to use home-care robots in Japan, Ireland, and Finland

Ide,

Suwa,

Akuta

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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The implementation of home-care robots is sometimes unsuccessful. This study aimed to explore factors explaining people’s willingness to use home-care robots, particularly among care recipients and caregivers. Surveys were conducted in Japan, Ireland, and Finland. The survey questionnaire comprised four categories (familiarity with robots, important points about home-care robots, functions expected from home-care robots, and ethically acceptable uses), with 48 items assessing users’ willingness to use home-care robots. The responses from 525 Japanese, 163 Irish, and 170 Finnish respondents were analyzed to identify common and distinct factors influencing their willingness to use these robots. Common factors across the countries included “willingness to participate in research and development,” “interest in robot-related news,” and “having a positive impression of robots”. The distinct factors for each country were: “convenience” in Japan; “notifying family members and support personnel when an unexpected change occurs in an older person” in Ireland; and “design” in Finland. Therefore, developers should determine potential users’ willingness to participate in the research and development of home-care robots and consider a system that involves them in the development process.

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Robots With and for the Elderly People – Case Study Based on Action Research

Cited by 4 publications

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Research on the Design of Accompanying Products for the Mentally Retarded Elderly Based on AHP

Research on the Design of Accompanying Products for the Mentally Retarded Elderly Based on AHP

Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Action Research in eHealth Design and Implementation: Literature Review (Preprint)

A comparative study to elucidate factors explaining willingness to use home-care robots in Japan, Ireland, and Finland

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