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Publication MARIO Managing active and healthy aging with use of caring service robots(2016-10-21) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication MARIO Managing active and healthy ageing with use of caring service robots(NUI Galway, 2016-09-16) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication MARIO: Managing active and healthy ageing with use of caring service robots(NUI Galway, 2017-10-02) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication User expectations and experiences? MARIO as an example of user-led social robotics design(NUI Galway, 2017-11-24) Casey, Dympna; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication MARIO Managing active and healthy ageing with use of caring service robots(NUI Galway, 2017-03-01) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication Designing an acceptable and useful companion robot for people with dementia and carers in Ireland: the MARIO project(NUI Galway, 2016-10-31) Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Oscar, James; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication MARIO Managing active and healthy ageing with use of caring service robots(NUI Galway, 2017-05-29) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication MARIO Managing active and healthy ageing with use of caring service robots(NUI Galway, 2017-11-16) Casey, Dympna; EU Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication Exploring academic staff perceptions and experiences in the development and delivery of an undergraduate inter-professional pilot simulation(NUI Galway, 2017-06-21) Summerville, Sarah; Casey, Dympna; McCarthy, Bernard; Hills, Caroline; Carroll, Clare; Costello, Maria; Hunter, Andrew; Burke, Eimear; Kennedy, Kieran; Power, Martin; Byrne, Dara; Donlon, Kate; Hanley, Marion; Ní Chianáin, Linda[No abstract available]Publication People with dementia's perceptions of resilience and the factors that strengthen resilience(NUI Galway, 2014-11) Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication The perceptions of people with dementia on the factors that strengthen their resilience(NUI Galway, 2015) Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication Perceptions of people with dementia and carers on robot companions(NUI Galway, 2015) Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication What people with dementia want: designing MARIO an acceptable robot companion(NUI Galway, 2016) Casey, Dympna; Felzmann, Heike; Pegman, Geoff; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Murphy, Kathy; Koumpis, Adamantios; Whelan, Sally; Horizon 2020The number of people with dementia is expected to double every 20 years to 66 million by 2030 and 115 million by 2050 [1]. More than a third of people with dementia have reported loneliness [2]. Robots have the potential to combat the devastating impact of loneliness in people with dementia by improving, mood, quality of life [3] and reduce social isolation by facilitating people with dementia (PWD) to maintain social contacts. However companion robots designed for PWD need to be customised to meet individual needs if they are to be perceived as useful and acceptable. It is imperative therefore that technologists and robot developers talk and listen to what people with dementia and their carers think and say about having a companion robot and what it is they would like a robot companion to be able to do for them. However there is little reported in the literature as to how this can be done and what it is people with dementia would like to see in a robot companion. This paper presents a brief review of the literature focusing on the state of the Art in relation to the usefulness of robots for people with dementia, which is an important factor that governs the acceptability of companion robots. It also includes an overview of the ethical considerations that inform robot development and how these will influence the development of the MARIO companion robot. This is followed with a description of a small qualitative study which describes how people with dementia and other key stakeholders helped to design and shape this robot. The paper concludes with an overview of the unique aspect of the MARIO robot and outlines the scientific impact of this work.Publication The perceptions of people with dementia on robot companions and their potential to reduce loneliness and isolation(2016-06-22) Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Koumpis, Adamantios; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication Managing active and healthy aging with use of caring service robots(2015-05) D'Onofrio, G.; James, O.; Scancarlo, D.; Ricciardi, F.; Murphy, Kathy; Giuliani, F.; Casey, Dympna; Greco, A.; Horizon 2020[No abstract available]Publication So what have the Roman's researchers ever done for us - MARIO(NUI Galway, 2015-11-19) Casey, Dympna; Horizon 2020[no abstract available]Publication The perceptions of people with dementia on robot companions and their potential to reduce loneliness and isolation(2015) Casey, Dympna; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Koumpis, Adamantios; Murphy, Kathy; Horizon 2020Introduction & background: Many people with dementia experience social exclusion, loneliness and isolation which contribute to further cognitive decline. The use of ICT solutions to combat isolation and loneliness in people with dementia to act as companions show much promise. Aim: The MARIO Horizon 2020 research project aims to manage active and healthy ageing by developing robot companions based on the needs of people with dementia and their carers to help reduce isolation and loneliness. Methods: A qualitative interpretive descriptive design based on the work of Thorne (2004) was used in the first phase of this study to investigate how robots could be designed that best meets the needs of people with dementia. Three focus group interviews with people with mild/moderate dementia were undertaken. Participants were either living in the community or residing in long term care. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data and the criteria identified by Lincoln and Guba (1985) was used to ensure and maintain rigor. Ethical approval was obtained from the University ethics committee. Findings: Findings indicate that people with dementia are receptive to having a companion robot within the home, but less inclined to have the robot accompany them in public. All participants felt that the robot could prompt and remind them with various activities including eating, drinking and when to go shopping. Others functions that MARIO could support included orientating them around the house; cooking and baking and reminding them of social events, family birthdays and anniversaries. The ability to have face recognition was also seen as key as well as engaging in preferred games or hobbies with MARIO. This work reveals that people with dementia are accepting of MARIO and could see its potential in helping retain cognitive abilities and reduce isolation and loneliness.Publication MARIO: Managing active and healthy aging with use of caRing servIce rObots.(2015-05) Gangemi, Aldo; Reforgiato Recupero, Diego; Mongiovi, Misael; Nolfi, Stefano; Nuzzolese, Andrea G.; Presutti, Valentina; Raciti, Massimiliano; Casey, Dympna; Dupourque, Vincent; Pegman, Geoff; Gkiokas, Alexandros; Bleaden, Andy; Greco, Antonio; Kouroupetroglou, Christos; Handschuh, Siegfried; Horizon 2020The MARIO project addresses the difficult challenges of loneliness, isolation and dementia in older persons through innovative and multi-faceted inventions delivered by service robots.Publication Implementing an ethical approach to big data analytics in assistive robotics for elderly with dementia.(Association for Computing Machinery, 2015-09) Felzmann, Heike; Ryan, Mark; Beyan, Timur; Beyan, Oya; |~|1267872|~|In this paper, we analyse the ethical relevance of emerging informational aspects in robotics for the area of care robotics. We identify specific informational characteristics of contemporary and emerging robots, especially the fact of their increasing informational connectedness. We then outline specific ethical considerations arising in the design process in the H2020 project MARIO which aims to develop a care robot for persons with mild to moderate dementia in home and residential care settings. Ethical considerations regarding specific functionalities of the proposed care robot are outlined.Publication Oncology nurses descriptions of intimacy with patients: mirroring Edith Stein s phenomenological conceptualisation of empathy.(2007) Dowling, MauraThis paper highlights the relevance of Edith Stein's philosophy on empathy in understanding oncology nurses' expressions of intimacy with their patients, as revealed from narratives in an interpretive phenomenological study.