COMFORT

 Co-creating an Outcome Measure For Social

​ Robots in Dementia Care  

This project aims to co-create a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) with persons living with dementia and care partners for the use of social robots in dementia care

Why is this research important?

Social robots have the potential to improve independence and quality of life for persons living with dementia and their care partners. Although these devices are being deployed in many age-related contexts, tools that measure the impact of social robots in dementia care are lacking. This makes it difficult to determine whether social robots are truly useful and to compare between different devices.

The aim of this project is to create with the dementia community, a validated outcome measure that will inform best practices and policies for social robot use in dementia care. 

We're Recruiting!

We are looking for the following participants to take part in phase two of the project

• People with lived experience of dementia and care partners.
• Health care providers, roboticists and measurement experts working with individuals with lived experience of dementia in a research, medical, technological, or ethical capacity.

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The project is being led by Susanna Martin, Research Assistant in the NEST Lab. To participate, email [email protected]

External Contributors

Dr, Allison Lindauer, Co-Investigator - Oregon Health and Science University 
Dr. François Michaud, Co-Investigator - Université de Sherbrooke; T-TOP robot
Dr. Tony Prescott, Partner - Consequential Robotics; MiRo robot
​The League, Lived Experience Expert Group - NEST Lab

Funders

We are proud to have received funding for this project from the following organizations