Title :
Effects of three months robot assisted activity to depression of elderly people who stay at a health service facility for the aged
Author :
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Shibata, Takanori ; Saito, Tomoko ; Tanie, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Syst. Inst., Nat. Inst. Adv. Sci. & Technol., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A long-term experiment of robot assisted activity for elderly people has been conducted at a health service facility for the aged since August 2003. Two therapeutic seal robots, Paro, were introduced there. This paper describes an interim report of the experiment for three months.
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; human computer interaction; medical robotics; patient care; psychology; Paro; aged people health service facility; elderly people depression; human-robot interaction; mental commit robot; robot assisted activity; therapeutic seal robots;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2004 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
4-907764-22-7
