Are We Ready for Robots That Care for Us? Attitudes and Opinions of Older Adults Towards Socially Assistive Robots

Are We Ready for Robots That Care for Us? Attitudes and Opinions of Older Adults Towards Socially Assistive Robots

Socially Assistive Robots (SAR) may help improve care delivery at home for older adults with cognitive impairment and reduce the burden of informal caregivers. Examining the views of these stakeholders on SAR is fundamental in order to conceive acceptable and useful SAR for dementia care. This study...

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Main Authors: Maribel ePino, Mélodie eBoulay, François eJouen, Anne Sophie Rigaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Dementia
cognitive impairment
older adults
technology acceptance
Informal caregivers
socially assistive robots
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00141/full

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