Browsing Nursing and Midwifery (Conference Papers) by Author "Pegman, Geoff"

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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.

    • 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 ...