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MARIO: Managing active and healthy aging with use of caRing servIce rObots.
Gangemi, Aldo; Reforgiato Recupero, Diego; Mongiovi, Misael; Nolfi, Stefano; Nuzzolese, Andrea G.; Presutti, Valentina; Raciti, Massimiliano; Casey, Dympna; Dupourque, Vincent; Pegman, Geoff; Gkiokas, Alexandros; Bleaden, Andy; Greco, Antonio; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Handschuh, Siegfried (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. -
The perceptions of people with dementia on robot companions and their potential to reduce loneliness and isolation
Casey, Dympna; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Koumpis, Adamantios; Murphy, Kathy (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 ... -
The perceptions of people with dementia on robot companions and their potential to reduce loneliness and isolation
Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Koumpis, Adamantios (2016-06-22)[No abstract available] -
What people with dementia want: designing MARIO an acceptable robot companion
Casey, Dympna; Felzmann, Heike; Pegman, Geoff; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Murphy, Kathy; Koumpis, Adamantios; Whelan, Sally (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 ...