Title :
Psychological and Social Effects of One Year Robot Assisted Activity on Elderly People at a Health Service Facility for the Aged
Author :
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Shibata, Takanori ; Saito, Tomoko ; Sakamoto, Kayoko ; Tanie, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute Advance Science and Technology (AIST) 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, JAPAN k-wada@aist.go.jp
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Elderly People; Human-Robot Interaction; Mental Commit Robot; Robot Assisted Activity; Aging; Animals; Hospitals; Human robot interaction; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mood; Psychology; Seals; Senior citizens; Elderly People; Human-Robot Interaction; Mental Commit Robot; Robot Assisted Activity;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2005. ICRA 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8914-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570535
