title: Robotic agents for supporting community-dwelling elderly people with memory complaints: Perceived needs and preferences.
abstract: Researchers in robotics have been increasingly focusing on robots as a means of supporting older people with cognitive impairment at home. The aim of this study is to explore the elderly's needs and preferences towards having an assistive robot in the home. In order to ensure the appropriateness of this technology, 30 subjects aged 60 and older with memory complaints were recruited from the Memory Clinic of the Broca Hospital. We conducted an interview-administered questionnaire that included questions about their needs and preferences concerning robot functions and modes of action. The subjects reported a desire to retain their capacity to manage their daily activities, to maintain good health and to stimulate their memory. Regarding robot functions, the cognitive stimulation programme earned the highest proportion of positive responses, followed by the safeguarding functions, fall detection and the automatic help call.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Broca, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris & Research Team 4468, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.  yahuei.wu@brc.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Ya-Huei
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Broca, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris & Research Team 4468, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Faucounau
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Broca, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris & Research Team 4468, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mélodie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boulay
authors.affiliation: GET-INT, Evry, France.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maestrutti
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Broca, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris & Research Team 4468, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France on behalf of the QuoVADis project.
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rigaud
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012371:Robotics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: assistive robot; cognitive impairment; elderly people; needs