A Randomized Trial Using PARO with Minimal Caregiver Involvement on Older Adults with Dementia in Group Homes
Increasing robot use frequency reduced the caregiver burden and demonstrated a clinically significant improvement trend in the BPSD severity.
Authors
- Joseph F. Coughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5288-2218)
- Mitsunobu Kono
- Chiyomi Yatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9188-9778)
- Masahiro Shigeta
- Daryl Patrick Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2844-8280)
- Kaoru Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-5487)
- Takanori Shibata
- Ryuji Kobayashi
Institutions
- Jikei University School of Medicine (JP)
- Kinjo University (JP)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center (JP)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP)
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.71163
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00