Cultural Feasibility of Conversational Robots for Dementia Care in India: Participatory Design Study
This work offers novel insights into cultural acceptance, human-robot engagement, and perceived utility for dementia care, along with key design implications for integrating conversational AI into care settings in India.
Authors
- Sridhar Vaitheswaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7848-7638)
- Ravi Vaidyanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-4544)
- Sarah Daniels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-1907)
- Nivedhitha Srinivasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1549-1837)
- Maria R. Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6032-3042)
Institutions
- Schizophrenia Research Foundation (IN)
- UK Dementia Research Institute (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Participatory Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/80457
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00