Abstract
Over the past few years there has been a large rise in the field of robotics. Robots are being in used in many industries, but there has not been a large surge of robots in the medical field, especially the robots for healthcare use. However, as the aging population keeps growing, current medical staff and healthcare providers are increasingly burdened by caring for the ever-growing number of senior patients, especially those with cognitive impairment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (ADRD) patients. As a result, we can expect to see a large increase in the field of medical robotics, especially in forms of socially assistive robots (SARs) for senior patients and healthcare providers. In fact, SARs can alleviate AD and ADRD patients and their caregivers’ unmet medical needs. Herein, we propose a design outline for such a SAR, based on a review of the current literature. We believe the next generation of SARs will enhance health and well-being, reduce illness and disability, and improve quality of life for AD and ADRD patients and their caregivers.
Highlights
The field of robotics has broad applications throughout various industries
There is a huge economic and humanitarian incentive to explore the use of socially assistive robots in the care of older individuals suffering from dementia
Current solutions do not provide the features that are most requested by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia patients and caregivers, even though technology is at a level that enables implementation of almost all these features that are important to people dealing with AD and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (ADRD) patients on a daily basis
Summary
The field of robotics has broad applications throughout various industries. In the medical sector, surgical robots are quite common in hospitals, starting with the early da Vinci and Zeus models [1]. Other symptoms of the disease, without addressing the root causes of the neurodegenerative process assistive robots and what benefits they can provide, and how the acceptance of a household or care-home. This is further exacerbated by the difficulty in diagnosing the disorder, as confirmation can only truly robot can beinmaximized. The estimated cost incurred by dementia in 2015 was approximately US $957 billion, and this cost is projected to balloon to US $2.54 trillion in 2030, and US $9.12 trillion by 2050 [12] It becomes evident how important it is to find solutions that will facilitate the care of the rapidly increasing population of older people with dementia. Expectancy per year by country income level [16]; (B) birth rates per year by country income level [17]
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