DocumentCode
1600907
Title
Effective Method of Robot Therapy in a Nursing Home -Study on Intervention of Therapy
Author
Hamada, Toshimitsu ; Okubo, Hiroki ; Shimada, Yosuke ; Watanabe, Yoko ; Onari, Hisashi ; Kagawa, Yoshihito ; Hashimoto, Tomomi ; Akazawa, Toshiko
Author_Institution
Dept. of Informatics & Media Studies, Tsukuba Gakuin Univ.
fYear
2006
Firstpage
3391
Lastpage
3394
Abstract
Robot therapy using a pet-type robot is useful for the welfare and care of elderly people. In this paper, we have described an effective intervention method of robot therapy, which was obtained experimentally through conducting robot therapy in a nursing home
Keywords
geriatrics; medical robotics; patient treatment; elderly people; nursing home; robot therapy; Animals; Dementia; Diseases; Frequency; Informatics; Medical services; Medical treatment; Robot kinematics; Senior citizens; care; nursing home; pet-type robot; robot therapy; welfare;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE-ICASE, 2006. International Joint Conference
Conference_Location
Busan
Print_ISBN
89-950038-4-7
Electronic_ISBN
89-950038-5-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SICE.2006.315077
Filename
4108345
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