Reducing Loneliness in Stationary Geriatric Care with Robots and Virtual Encounters—A Contribution to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reducing Loneliness in Stationary Geriatric Care with Robots and Virtual Encounters—A Contribution to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The bans on visiting nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, while intended to protect residents, also have the risk of increasing the loneliness and social isolation that already existed among the older generations before the pandemic. To combat loneliness and social isolation in nursing homes,...

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Main Authors: Andreas Follmann, Franziska Schollemann, Andrea Arnolds, Pauline Weismann, Thea Laurentius, Rolf Rossaint, Michael Czaplik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
video telephony
robotics
loneliness
social isolation
COVID-19
bans on visitors
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4846

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