Robotic agents for supporting community-dwelling elderly people with memory complaints: Perceived needs and preferences

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Wu, Ya Huei ^a   Faucounau, Véronique ^a   Boulay, Mélodie ^a   Maestrutti, Marina ^b   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

assistive robot; cognitive impairment; elderly people; needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79954593504     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458210380517     Document Type: Article

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