Automated Telephone Conversations to Assess Health Behavior and Deliver Behavioral Interventions
Journal of Medical Systems - special issue: volume II. the international health evaluation conference, 1996
Increasing the opportunities for aging in place
CUU '00 Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Assistive robotics and an ecology of elders living independently in their homes
Human-Computer Interaction
Robot caregivers: harbingers of expanded freedom for all?
Ethics and Information Technology
Robot services for elderly with cognitive impairment: Testing usability of graphical user interfaces
Technology and Health Care
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Older people are an important and growing sector of the population. This demographic change raises the profile of frailty and disability within the world's population. In such conditions, many old people need aides to perform daily activities. Most of the support is given by family members who are now a new target in the therapeutic approach. With advances in technology, robotics becomes increasingly important as a means of supporting older people at home. In order to ensure appropriate technology, 30 caregivers filled out a self-administered questionnaire including questions on needs to support their proxy and requirements concerning the robotic agent's functions and modes of action. This paper points out the functions to be integrated into the robot in order to support caregivers in the care of their proxy. The results also show that caregivers have a positive attitude towards robotic agents. (the QuoVADis project)