Social Assistive Robot Interface for People with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias to Aid in Care Management

项目总结/摘要 先进医疗电子公司和我们的合作伙伴建议开发一种社会辅助机器人 (SAR)用于患有痴呆（PWD）、（轻度认知障碍、阿尔茨海默病或其他）的人的系统 失智症），他们住在辅助生活设施中。拟议的系统使用增强智能（AI） 用自然语言与残疾人交流。该系统的目标有三个方面。第一，系统帮助 PWD通过培养关系和传达时间表从住在家里过渡到ALF。第二、 该系统通过应对经常导致护理升级的挑战，使残疾人能够就地养老 (i.e.,养老院）。第三，该系统通过讲故事和简单游戏等活动吸引PWD。我们 将把拟议的SAR系统与目前的辅助技术结合起来，这是基于以下证据： 经过测试的个性化心理社会方法，提供非药物干预，以改善日常行为， 功能和生活质量。强大的多学科工程师团队，SAR学术专家 和PWD，并组建了商业化合作伙伴来实现这些目标。

Project Summary/Abstract Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation and our partners propose to develop a Socially-Assistive Robot (SAR) system for persons with dementia (PWD),(mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, or other dementias), who are living in assisted living facilities. The proposed system uses Augmented Intelligence (AI) to communicate with the PWD in natural language. The system's goals are three-fold. First, the system helps PWD transition from living in their homes to ALFs by fostering relationships and conveying schedules. Second, the system enables PWD to age in place by addressing the challenges that often lead to an escalation of care (i.e., nursing homes). Third, the system engages PWD via activities such as storytelling and simple games. We will integrate the proposed SAR system with current assistive technology, which is based on the evidence from tested, personalized psychosocial approaches to deliver non-drug intervention to improve everyday behavior, function, and quality of life in PWD. A strong multi-disciplinary team of engineers, academic experts in SAR and PWD, and a commercialization partner has been assembled to achieve these goals.