認知症高齢者をトイレで見守る声掛けロボットの開発と評価

抄録

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a communication robot that which controls behaviors of elderly people with dementia in care homes. The proposed robot has functions to detect standing up motion of elderly people and to encourage sitting down in a restroom. Experimental evaluations have been demonstrated at several care homes after operational test. As a result, it became clear that the proposed communication robot is effective for elderly people during toileting.