"Are we ready for robots that care for us?" Attitudes and opinions of older adults toward socially assistive robots

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Pino, Maribel ^a,b   Boulay, Mélodie ^a,b   Jouen, François ^c   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a,b  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Older adults; Socially assistive robots; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTS;

EID: 84938693429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00141     Document Type: Article

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