Title :
Effective Method of Robot Therapy in a Nursing Home -Study on Intervention of Therapy
Author :
Hamada, Toshimitsu ; Okubo, Hiroki ; Shimada, Yosuke ; Watanabe, Yoko ; Onari, Hisashi ; Kagawa, Yoshihito ; Hashimoto, Tomomi ; Akazawa, Toshiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics & Media Studies, Tsukuba Gakuin Univ.
Abstract :
Robot therapy using a pet-type robot is useful for the welfare and care of elderly people. In this paper, we have described an effective intervention method of robot therapy, which was obtained experimentally through conducting robot therapy in a nursing home
Keywords :
geriatrics; medical robotics; patient treatment; elderly people; nursing home; robot therapy; Animals; Dementia; Diseases; Frequency; Informatics; Medical services; Medical treatment; Robot kinematics; Senior citizens; care; nursing home; pet-type robot; robot therapy; welfare;
Conference_Titel :
SICE-ICASE, 2006. International Joint Conference
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
89-950038-4-7
Electronic_ISBN :
89-950038-5-5
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2006.315077
