DocumentCode
1632121
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
Volume
3
fYear
2004
Firstpage
2709
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE 2004 Annual Conference
Conference_Location
Sapporo
Print_ISBN
4-907764-22-7
Type
conf
Filename
1491912
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