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Connecting the person with dementia and family: a feasibility study of a telepresence robot

BACKGROUND: Maintenance of communication is important for people with dementia living in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using “Giraff”, a telepresence robot to enhance engagement between family and a person with dementia living in long-term care. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Moyle, Wendy, Jones, Cindy, Cooke, Marie, O’Dwyer, Siobhan, Sung, Billy, Drummond, Suzie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-7
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author Moyle, Wendy
Jones, Cindy
Cooke, Marie
O’Dwyer, Siobhan
Sung, Billy
Drummond, Suzie
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Jones, Cindy
Cooke, Marie
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description BACKGROUND: Maintenance of communication is important for people with dementia living in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using “Giraff”, a telepresence robot to enhance engagement between family and a person with dementia living in long-term care. METHODS: A mixed-methods approach involving semi-structured interviews, call records and video observational data was used. Five people with dementia and their family member participated in a discussion via the Giraff robot for a minimum of six times over a six-week period. A feasibility framework was used to assess feasibility and included video analysis of emotional response and engagement. RESULTS: Twenty-six calls with an average duration of 23 mins took place. Residents showed a general state of positive emotions across the calls with a high level of engagement and a minimal level of negative emotions. Participants enjoyed the experience and families reported that the Giraff robot offered the opportunity to reduce social isolation. A number of software and hardware challenges were encountered. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived this novel approach to engage families and people with dementia as a feasible option. Participants were observed and also reported to enjoy the experience. The technical challenges identified have been improved in a newer version of the robot. Future research should include a feasibility trial of longer duration, with a larger sample and a cost analysis.
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spelling pubmed-39030332014-01-28 Connecting the person with dementia and family: a feasibility study of a telepresence robot Moyle, Wendy Jones, Cindy Cooke, Marie O’Dwyer, Siobhan Sung, Billy Drummond, Suzie BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Maintenance of communication is important for people with dementia living in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using “Giraff”, a telepresence robot to enhance engagement between family and a person with dementia living in long-term care. METHODS: A mixed-methods approach involving semi-structured interviews, call records and video observational data was used. Five people with dementia and their family member participated in a discussion via the Giraff robot for a minimum of six times over a six-week period. A feasibility framework was used to assess feasibility and included video analysis of emotional response and engagement. RESULTS: Twenty-six calls with an average duration of 23 mins took place. Residents showed a general state of positive emotions across the calls with a high level of engagement and a minimal level of negative emotions. Participants enjoyed the experience and families reported that the Giraff robot offered the opportunity to reduce social isolation. A number of software and hardware challenges were encountered. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived this novel approach to engage families and people with dementia as a feasible option. Participants were observed and also reported to enjoy the experience. The technical challenges identified have been improved in a newer version of the robot. Future research should include a feasibility trial of longer duration, with a larger sample and a cost analysis. BioMed Central 2014-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3903033/ /pubmed/24456417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-7 Text en Copyright © 2014 Moyle et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456417
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