Robot Voice Calls Asking Older Adults Daily Life Difficulties for the Prevention of Early Dementia

Kazumi Kumagai, Norihisa Paul Miyake, Toshiro Horigome, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Yoko Eguchi, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura

Abstract


For early dementia prevention, we are building a system that allows robots to ask older adults about difficulties needing help in daily life.
To get answers from older adults about negative topics such as things they cannot do or difficult to achieve, we designed the robot's voice-call to include comments regarding things they cannot do in a positive light.
Participants in their late 60s took part in an experiment where their responses to a questionnaire differed from those given to a robot.　Future steps involve larger participant pools and analyzing responses to improve methods for gathering information on older adults’ daily challenges, considering cognitive function differences.


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