Caregiver perspectives on a smart home-based socially assistive robot for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Conclusion: From a broader outlook, success of SARs as a home-health technology for ADRD is reliant on the timing of their integration, commercial viability, funding provisions, and their bonding with the care recipient. Long-term research in the home settings is required to verify the usability and impact of SARs in mediating aging-in-place of individuals with ADRD.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONSocially assistive robots (SARs), an emerging domain of assistive technology, are projected to have a crucial role in supporting aging-in-place of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD).Caregivers of individuals with ADRD who observed and interacted with a novel SAR asserted their acceptance of the technology as well as its scope and feasibility for the upcoming generation of caregivers.Navigability, care recipient engagement, adaptability, humanoid features, and interface design were stated to be critical factors for SAR's acceptance by caregiver and care recipient dyads.In contrast, technological complexity, system failure, exasperation of burden, and failure to address digital divide are detrimental to SAR's adoption.Several design and implementation requirements must be considered towards the full-scale development and deployment of the SARs in the home context. PMID: 32299272 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology. - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol Source Type: research