Anne F Weidinger, Ricarda Steinmayr, Birgit Spinath
Ability self-concept formation in elementary school: No dimensional comparison effects across time
Developmental psychology
explore feasibility deploying robotled activities people dementia living aged care facilities embedded mixedmethods design eleven residents 65 years mild moderate cognitive impairment recruited 2 aged care facilities brisbane australia implemented novel control logic adam program humanlike robot provide proactive robot activities people dementia participants individually participated nonfacilitated robot intervention thrice week 5 weeks november december 2022 videorecorded intervention session quantified participants visual behavioral verbal engagement semistructured interview conducted end 5week intervention treatment fidelity strategies finances reported evaluated bowen feasibility framework guided data analysis 6 focus areas acceptability demand implementation efficacy integration practicality based participants perceptions findings demonstrated adequate acceptability demand robotled activities findings reported high level visual engagement 9854 increased trend behavior engagement 5 weeks participants independently communicated adam 9702 verbal engagements free human facilitation treatment fidelity strategies regarding activity delivery intervention received intervention skills provided alongside equipment expenses revealing feasibility integrating robotled activities people dementia aged care facilities using humanlike robots independently lead interactive activities people dementia aged care facilities feasible acceptable although robotled activities require improvement study explored practicaldriven solution provided guidelines developing implementing robotled activities aged care settings future studies could replicate similar robotled activities investigation evaluation strategies multilevel determinants adams implementation based context assessment recommended future research