title: Empowering older patients to engage in self care: designing an interactive robotic device.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and test an interactive robot mounted computing device to support medication management as an example of a complex self-care task in older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Grounded Theory (GT), Participatory Design (PD) approach was used within three Action Research (AR) cycles to understand design requirements and test the design configuration addressing the unique task requirements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the first cycle a conceptual framework was evolved. The second cycle informed architecture and interface design. By the end of third cycle residents successfully interacted with the dialogue system and were generally satisfied with the robot. The results informed further refinement of the prototype.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An interactive, touch screen based, robot-mounted information tool can be developed to support healthcare needs of older people. Qualitative methods such as the hybrid GT-PD-AR approach may be particularly helpful for innovating and articulating design requirements in challenging situations.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Priyadarshi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics; D012646:Self Administration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface