ReviewClinical interventions in aging2020
Home-Based Cognitively Assistive Robots: Maximizing Cognitive Functioning and Maintaining Independence in Older Adults Without Dementia.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of different modes of digital health interventions for sarcopenia in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Home-Based Cognitive Intervention for Healthy Older Adults Through Asking Robots Questions: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2024Trial
- Promoting healthy aging in a digital world: leveraging technology for enhanced elderly care and wellbeing.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- Digital Measurement of Subjective Experiences in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Virtual humans in geriatric care: an integrative review.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Review
- Age, Motor Function, and Cognitive Function Influence Preferences for Telerehabilitation Mediated by a Social Robot Augmented With Telepresence.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2025Article
- Let's make up a story: design and evaluation of an improvisational storytelling robot to foster older adults' meaning and purpose in life.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Article
- A Social Robot in Home Care: Acceptability and Utility Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Assimilation of socially assistive robots by older adults: an interplay of uses, constraints and outcomes.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- Understanding the Connection Among Ikigai, Well-Being, and Home Robot Acceptance in Japanese Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- Robots in Assisted Living Facilities: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- The application of technology to improve cognition in older adults: A review and suggestions for future directions.PsyCh journal · 2022Review
- Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Companion robots for older adults: Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis approach.Intelligent service robotics · 2021Article
- A Dialogue-Based System with Photo and Storytelling for Older Adults: Toward Daily Cognitive Training.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Promoting health and prolonging independence in the home is a priority for older adults, caregivers, clinicians, and society at large. Rapidly developing robotics technology provides a platform for interventions, with the fields of physically and socially assistive robots expanding in recent years. However, less attention has been paid to using robots to enhance the cognitive health of older adults. The goal of this review is to synthesize the current literature on home-based cognitively assistive robots (CAR) in older adults without dementia and to provide suggestions to improve the quality of the scientific evidence in this subfield. First, we set the stage for CAR by: a) introducing the field of robotics to improve health, b) summarizing evidence emphasizing the importance of home-based interventions for older adults, c) reviewing literature on robot acceptability in older adults, d) highlighting important ethical issues in healthcare robotics, and e) reviewing current findings on socially assistive robots, with a focus on translating findings to the CAR context. With this foundation in place, we then review the literature on CAR, identifying gaps and limitations of current evidence, and proposing future directions for research. We conclude that CAR is promising and feasible and that there is a need for more methodologically rigorous evaluations of CAR to promote prolonged home-based independence in older adults.
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