Towards a Caring Home for Assisted Living

Towards an Empathic Social Robot for Ambient Assisted Living

In the context of Ambient Assisted Living, assistance and care are delegated to the intelligence embedded in the environment that, in our opinion, should provide not only a task-oriented support but also an interface able to establish a social empathic relation with the user. This can be achieved, for instance, using a social assistive robot as interface towards the environment services. In the...

Motherhood and Home Quarantine: Exploring the Experiences of Iranian Mothers in Caring for their Children in COVID-19 Outbreak

Background: Following the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-2019) in Iran, people began a new lifestyle in quarantine to survive the disease. Mother-child relationships impacted from this new way of life. This phenomenological study was conducted to explore the experiences of Iranian mothers in caring for their children in COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: This is a qualitative study conducted with a...

The ventilator-assisted children home program. Supporting families.

FitBaby: Using Observations of Daily Living to Improve the Health of Preterm Infants and Their Caregivers

Capture and access technologies to collect and report Observations of Daily Living (ODLs) can strengthen support of caregivers at home. We present a mobile capture and access application for parents of newborns conducting in-home assisted exercise routines: FitBaby. This system enables parents to log ODLs through input forms on SmartPhones and automatic collection of sensor-based data. The syst...

Orientation towards living in an old age home: an instrument to predict use of an old age home.

BACKGROUND This study presents an alternative assessment method for establishing the demand for an old age home among a community-dwelling older population. The instrument, called 'orientation towards admission into an old age home', represents the intensity of the need for admission as expressed by older people themselves. Therefore it is indicative of the 'subjective demand'. METHODS Using ...