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MARIO: Managing active and healthy aging with use of caRing servIce rObots.
(2015-05)
The MARIO project addresses the difficult challenges of loneliness, isolation
and dementia in older persons through innovative and multi-faceted inventions
delivered by service robots.
So what have the Roman's researchers ever done for us - MARIO
(NUI Galway, 2015-11-19)
[no abstract available]
The perceptions of people with dementia on robot companions and their potential to reduce loneliness and isolation
(2015)
Introduction & background: Many people with dementia experience social exclusion, loneliness and isolation which contribute to further cognitive decline. The use of ICT solutions to combat isolation and loneliness in people ...
Implementing an ethical approach to big data analytics in assistive robotics for elderly with dementia.
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2015-09)
In this paper, we analyse the ethical relevance of emerging informational aspects in robotics for the area of care
robotics. We identify specific informational characteristics of contemporary and emerging robots, especially ...
Planning effective clinical teaching encounters for Occupational Therapy Students: strategies to improve bedside teaching
(NUI Galway, 2012-04-20)
[No abstract available]
Free water elimination and mapping from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in chronic schizophrenia
(NUI Galway, 2017-06-11)
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) acquisitions allows the comparison of diffusion characteristics in vivo and gives a unique insight into tissue structure and pathology. However, a limitation of DTI post-processing is the ...
The impact of social anxiety on the occupational participation of third-level students
(NUI Galway, 2015)
[No abstract available]
A qualitative study of the impact of sleep loss on the daily lives of working mothers
(NUI Galway, 2017-06-15)
Background:
Working mothers are a population who experience sleep disruption and sleep loss on an ongoing basis. While this has been explored in several studies, there are no studies examining the impact this has on
their ...
The perceptions of people with dementia on the factors that strengthen their resilience
(NUI Galway, 2015)
[No abstract available]
What people with dementia want: designing MARIO an acceptable robot companion
(NUI Galway, 2016)
The number of people with dementia is expected to double every 20 years to 66 million by 2030 and 115 million by 2050 [1]. More than a third of people with dementia have reported loneliness [2]. Robots have the potential ...