Abstract
Due to cognitive and socio-emotional decline and mental diseases, senior citizens, especially people with dementia (PwD), struggle to interact smoothly with their caregivers. Therefore, various care techniques have been proposed to develop good relationships with seniors. Among them, Humanitude is one promising technique that provides caregivers with useful interaction skills to improve their relationships with PwD, from four perspectives: face-to-face interaction, verbal communication, touch interaction, and helping care receivers stand up (physical interaction). Regardless of advances in elderly care techniques, since current social robots interact with seniors in the same manner as they do with younger adults, they lack several important functions. For example, Humanitude emphasizes the importance of interaction at a relatively intimate distance to facilitate communication with seniors. Unfortunately, few studies have developed an interaction model for clinical care communication. In this paper, we discuss the current challenges to develop a social robot that can smoothly interact with PwDs and overview the interaction skills used in Humanitude as well as the existing technologies.
Highlights
IntroductionDementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency in senior citizens worldwide (Livingston et al, 2017)
Dementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency in senior citizens worldwide (Livingston et al, 2017). This syndrome weakens such cognitive functions as memory and reasoning and induces various problems collected under the rubric of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as agitation, aberrant motor behavior, anxiety, depression, apathy, delusions, and hallucinations
We aim to develop social robots that have a good relationship with people with dementia (PwD) as well as evaluation systems that facilitate caregivers’ learning of communication skills in Humanitude
Summary
Dementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency in senior citizens worldwide (Livingston et al, 2017). This syndrome weakens such cognitive functions as memory and reasoning and induces various problems collected under the rubric of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as agitation, aberrant motor behavior, anxiety, depression, apathy, delusions, and hallucinations. BPSD reduction is an important issue for caregivers who want to build good relationships with people with dementia (PwDs) and reduce their own burden (Selwood et al, 2007; Cerejeira et al, 2012). Among the many non-pharmacological interventions that have been proposed, researchers have identified the following consistent characteristics in the more effective ones: they are usually multimodal, provide individualized care, and train caregivers in skills that include optimizing communication with PwDs (Livingston et al, 2017)
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