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Psychological and Social Effects of One Year Robot Assisted Activity on Elderly People at a Health Service Facility for the Aged
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A long-term experiment of robot assisted activity for elderly people has been conducted at a health service facility for the aged since Aug. 2003. Three therapeutic seal robots, Paro, were introduced there. This paper describes the results of the experiment for one year. Face scales that consist of illustrations of person's faces were used to evaluate person's moods. In addition, Geriatric Depression Scales were used to measure person's depression by questionnaires. As the results, feelings of the elderly people were improved by interaction with the seal robots.
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- Authors
- Wada, K., Shibata, T., Saito, T., Sakamoto, K., & Tanie, K.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2006-01-18
- Pages
- 2785-2790
- ISSN
- 1050-4729 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2148142846
- Cited by
- 288
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- 24
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- FWCI
- 15.92
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Keywords
- Paros, older adults, mood improvement, depression, Geriatric Depression Scale, face scale, human-robot interaction, nursing homes
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