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Assistive Technology and Robotic Technology for Dementia Care Takenobu Inoue Director of Department of Assistive Technology, Research Institute of The National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan inoue[email protected] 1

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Assistive Technology and Robotic Technology for Dementia Care

Takenobu Inoue

Director of Department of Assistive Technology,Research Institute of The National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 

Japaninoue‐[email protected] 1

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Statement

• Assistive technologies are important and useful for autonomy and independence of persons with MCI and mild dementia.

• Information and robotic technologies have potential for improvement of activities and participations.

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Assistive technologies for persons with dementia

Electric Calendar SchedulerMedication reminder

LocatorPicture phone

Simple remote control

Wheelchair with automatic brake  3

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• Some researches showed the evidences of some assistive technologies; e.g. Medication reminders improved medication adherence (Kamimura, et.al.) 

• Adaptation of the devices to each user is important for practical use; e.g. assessment, instruction, customization and training.

• Assistive technologies must be a part of dementia care.

Assistive technologies for persons with dementia

Medication reminder

Adherence after one month use of medication reminder

Increase to 100%

AbandonmentNo change

Increase but <100%

Tomoko Kamimura et. al. Medication Reminder Device for the Elderly Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment, American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias 2012,27(4) p.238‐242.

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Communication robots available in Japan

PARO  (Daiwa House Industry)

Kabochan (Pip)

PaPeRo (NEC)PALRO  (FUJISOFT)

Pepper  (SoftBank)

NAO (AldebaranRobotics)

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Communication Robots

PARO  (Daiwa House Industry)

Kabochan (Pip)

PaPeRo (NEC)PALRO  (FUJISOFT)

Pepper  (SoftBank)

NAO (AldebaranRobotics)

Some of the robots showed effectiveness for persons with dementia.

However, there are many questions.Why do we use these robots for 

persons with dementia?What kinds of services do persons 

with dementia want ?

How do we use these robots ?6

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Development of an information support robot for the elderly with cognitive 

disabilities

Takenobu Inoue1, Shinichi Ohnaka2, Yumiko Oosawa3, Kouichi Watabe3, Yousuke Shimizu3,Ayumi Harada3, Hiromi Hamada4, Ikuko Mamiya1, Yuko Nishiura1, Atsushi Kobayashi1,

Minoru Kamata5, Misato Nihei5, Hiroaki Kojima6, Ken Sadohara6,

1:The National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 2:NEC Corporation, 3:Seikatsu Kagaku Un‐Ei Co., Ltd., 4:France Bed Co., Ltd., 5:The University of Tokyo, 

6:National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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Information support robot for persons with dementia ???

How to develop useful technologiesfor the elderly ?

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Decision process of the system conceptbased on field‐based innovation 

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①Matching technology to users at the  living environment

Suitable synthesized speech

Information acquisition   >90%

Possibility of information support using the robot

172 needs from the elderly

36 support scenarios

③Business model

Target users :>Home‐bound elderlywith forgetfulness; incl.  MCI and Mild dementia

Services : >Medication adherence>Schedule indication

Provision form:>Rental provision

Speech recognition  78.9%

②Making system concept in the community (Izu city)

System concept

Suitable method according to the cognitive  function of the elderly

Participant observationMock-up evaluation

User experiment

Group interview(124 older people)(40 professionals)

Interview(9families)

Workshop(2families and related professionals)

Suitable environment

Related professionals:>Home cares>Area comprehensive support center

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Technology for transmitting information with certaintyTechnology for recognizing meaning of the users’ answer

Flexible interface for function of each user 

Conversational information support protocol

MemoryImportant 

information for daily living; date, time, schedule  and so on

Schedule・Medication

Activity

Timely information 

about necessary activities

System concept

Users and their families input the information and share them with 

professionals

Share of the information

Input of the information

Information share system

It’s time to take medicine.

Service Model(Human support)

Target users

Elderly with forgetfulness

MCI

Mild dementia 10

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Evaluation of the robot system• Persons with MCI and mild dementia understood information told by the robot. 

• Once they acquired the information, they decided and took actions by themselves.

• Experiments of one month use with two older people revealed usefulness of the robot system for activities and participations.

• Information and robotic technologies have potential for improvement of autonomy and independence.

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Community

ConclusionsTechnologies Users

Stakeholders

Consensus

Families

Users’ characteristics and environment

Effective uses of the technologies in community improve activities and participation . 

Service model 

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