Robot voice calls asking older adults daily life difficulties for the prevention of early dementia
K. Kumagai, N. P. Miyake, T. Horigome, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Eguchi, M. Otake-Matsuura
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AbstractAs the number of dementia patients is increasing, early measures to prevent or slow its progress are needed. Dementia is a disease diagnosed when a decline in cognitive function interferes with daily life; thus, asking older adults about their daily life difficulties is one early method of assessment. For example, forgetting a schedule or forgetting what one has already bought and buying it again when shopping could indicate dementia. The daily difficulties this study aims to deal with are not ones a person is unworried about, but rather ones causing them concern. We used a dialogue robot to ask older adults about their difficulties to clarify if this approach can reliably identify these concerns.Keywords: dementia, older adults, dialogue robot, daily difficulties
K. Kumagai, N. P. Miyake, T. Horigome, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Eguchi, M. Otake-Matsuura (2024). Robot voice calls asking older adults daily life difficulties for the prevention of early dementia. Gerontechnology, 23(2), 1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.s.958.opp