Principal Investigators


QBMT NV

Institution


QBMT NV

Contact information of lead PI


Country


Belgium

Title of project or programme


WONDER : interventions for wandering and other behavioral disturbances of persons with dementia in residential care by personalized robot interactions

Source of funding information


Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 731,448

Start date of award


01/10/2015

Total duration of award in years


2.0

The project/programme is most relevant to:


Alzheimer's disease & other dementias|Motor neurone diseases

Keywords


Research Abstract


WONDER aims to develop an automated and interactive 24/7 care service with Zora — a humanoid robot, successfully used for entertainment and therapy in about 130 Belgian nursing homes. Its goal is to use Zora to trigger positively charged personal memories in persons with dementia, and thus reassure and calm them. On the one hand, the project aims to automatically detect behavioural disturbances in nursing home residents. On the other hand, it explores how Zora can walk around semi-autonomously and interact personally with different residents, as a useful support tool for nurses and caregivers.

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