Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care
Objectives This research is part of an international project to design and test a home-based healthcare robot to help older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early dementia. The aim was to investigate the perceived usefulness of different daily-care activities for the robot, developed f...
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| author | Elizabeth Broadbent Craig Sutherland Ngaire Kerse Mikaela Law Ho Seok Ahn Bruce A MacDonald Kathy Peri Deborah L Johanson Dina-Sara Vajsakovic |
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| description | Objectives This research is part of an international project to design and test a home-based healthcare robot to help older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early dementia. The aim was to investigate the perceived usefulness of different daily-care activities for the robot, developed from previous research on needs.Design Qualitative descriptive analysis using semistructured interviews. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, participants watched videos of a prototype robot performing daily-care activities; in the second study, participants interacted with the robot itself.Setting Interviews were conducted at a university and a retirement village.Participants In study 1, participants were nine experts in aged care and nine older adults living in an aged care facility. In study 2, participants were 10 experts in aged care.Results The themes that emerged included aspects of the robot’s interactions, potential benefits, the appearance, actions and humanness of the robot, ways to improve its functionality and technical issues. Overall, the activities were perceived as useful, especially the reminders and safety checks, with possible benefits of companionship, reassurance and reduced caregiver burden. Suggestions included personalising the robot to each individual, simplifying the language and adding more activities. Technical issues still need to be fixed.Conclusion This study adds to knowledge about healthcare robots for people with MCI by developing and testing a new robot with daily-care activities including safety checks. The robot was seen to be potentially useful but needs to be tested with people with MCI. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b5215c692258424697cbaf3e391b9f962025-02-01T23:05:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-09-019910.1136/bmjopen-2019-031937Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged careElizabeth Broadbent0Craig Sutherland1Ngaire Kerse2Mikaela Law3Ho Seok Ahn4Bruce A MacDonald5Kathy Peri6Deborah L Johanson7Dina-Sara Vajsakovic8Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandGeneral Practice and Primary Health Care, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand2 Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand2 Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandSchool of Nursing, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 Department of Psychological Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 Department of Psychological Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandObjectives This research is part of an international project to design and test a home-based healthcare robot to help older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early dementia. The aim was to investigate the perceived usefulness of different daily-care activities for the robot, developed from previous research on needs.Design Qualitative descriptive analysis using semistructured interviews. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, participants watched videos of a prototype robot performing daily-care activities; in the second study, participants interacted with the robot itself.Setting Interviews were conducted at a university and a retirement village.Participants In study 1, participants were nine experts in aged care and nine older adults living in an aged care facility. In study 2, participants were 10 experts in aged care.Results The themes that emerged included aspects of the robot’s interactions, potential benefits, the appearance, actions and humanness of the robot, ways to improve its functionality and technical issues. Overall, the activities were perceived as useful, especially the reminders and safety checks, with possible benefits of companionship, reassurance and reduced caregiver burden. Suggestions included personalising the robot to each individual, simplifying the language and adding more activities. Technical issues still need to be fixed.Conclusion This study adds to knowledge about healthcare robots for people with MCI by developing and testing a new robot with daily-care activities including safety checks. The robot was seen to be potentially useful but needs to be tested with people with MCI.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e031937.full |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Broadbent Craig Sutherland Ngaire Kerse Mikaela Law Ho Seok Ahn Bruce A MacDonald Kathy Peri Deborah L Johanson Dina-Sara Vajsakovic Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care BMJ Open |
| title | Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| title_full | Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| title_fullStr | Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| title_short | Developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| title_sort | developing assistive robots for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia a qualitative study with older adults and experts in aged care |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e031937.full |
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