Understanding the application of socially assistive robots in the home to support healthy aging
G. Mois, L. G. L. Vergara, A. F. Afsar Ali, V. Rakshe, H. Mahajan, W. A. Rogers
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AbstractThe number of adults entering older adulthood is increasing across the world, with many communities often lacking the resources and services need to meet their needs. The result of these gaps in resources and services are creating significant challenges for healthy aging, overall quality of life, and ability to age in place. Aging-in-place is defined as “one’s journey to maintain independence in one’s place of residence as well as to participate in one’s community” (Rogers et al., 2020). However, technologies such as socially assistive robots hold much potential in expanding the access to resources, which may help enhance quality of life, promote healthy aging, and support aging-in-place. Assistive robots can support health and psychological wellbeing, and serve as personal assistants (Flandorfer, 2012). However, there is limited understanding regarding the application of market-ready socially assistive robots to support healthy aging in the context of a home environment. More specifically, the health application of socially assistive robots to enhance older adults’ ability to age-in-place and their quality of life is not well-defined. Our research explores the capability of a customizable, market-ready socially assistive robot called Misty II, developed by Misty Robotics, to facilitate health applications to support older adults.Keywords: robotics, social support, aging-in-place, healthy-aging
G. Mois, L. G. L. Vergara, A. F. Afsar Ali, V. Rakshe, H. Mahajan, W. A. Rogers (2022). Understanding the application of socially assistive robots in the home to support healthy aging. Gerontechnology, 21(s),5-5
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.593.5.sp3