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This research seeks to understand the organizational, professional and relational issues of the introduction of non-drug therapy (NMT) in the experience of the caregivers in the hospital care unit specialised in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
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Cécile Dolbeau-Bandin: Senior Lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences (UNICAEN) - Researcher at CERReV EA 3918 (UNICAEN) (Center for study and research on risks and vulnerabilities) - Member of the UNESCO Chair in Journalism and Media Practices (University of Strasbourg) - Member of IERHR (Paris) (Institute for the Study of Human-Robot Relations)
INTRODUCTION
Since the 2000s, robotics research has developed a field called "robot-assisted therapy" or Robot Assisted Activity (RAA) (Rialle, 2012). But what is really happening in the field? This study analyzes the transformations induced by the introduction of an animaloid social robot in a hospital care unit. The object of study is the PARO ® robot used in the Cognitive Behavioral Unit (CBU) and Alzheimer's Follow-up and Rehabilitation Care (SSRA) of a public hospital in Normandy in spring-summer 2016.
The qualitative survey combines five data collection techniques:
non-participant observation of the PARO ® robot by nursing staff working with patients in the UCC and SSRA;
non-directive group interviews with SSRA and UCC staff;
semi-structured individual interviews with SSRA and UCC staff;
a PARO ® observation and evaluation grid, drawn up by myself and made available to staff when I am not on site;
non-participant observation of a working group of 10 caregivers on the use of PARO ® .
Fields: Health, social robots, information and communication sciences
Company concerned: Centre hospitalier public de Valognes (Normandy)
Technology involved: PARO robot ®
Sector: Medical
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socio-bots | Alzheimer | hospitals | organisation
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Websites
HAYÈRE (T.) and MARDIROSSIAN (G.). – PARO®, and the anguish of memory loss, France Culture (2016) https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/sur-les-docks/paro-0
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Regulations
Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices
http://www.qualitiso.com/directive-93-42-cee-dispositifs-medicaux/
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