Robotics for Health and Well-Being

The holistic and exploratory efforts to develop effective treatments for the prevention of dementia, starts from and partially coming back to the robotics and automation discipline. It is known that visual ads and semantic and phonological priming help when communicating with older adults both healthy and suffering with dementia. A conversation support method called coimagination, using photos brought by the participants and giving equal turns to all participants to listen, ask questions, and give comments and answers. The cognitive systems of dementia patients operate by assistance. The cognitive systems of dementia patients operate by assistance. It is known that visual aids and semantic and phonological priming help when communicating with older adults both healthy and suffering with dementia. The ideal activities for intervention use simultaneously as many of the individual's resources as possible to maintain their cognitive functions for better quality of life.