Rainer Wieching

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Care Workers Making Use of Robots: Results of a Three-Month Study on Human-Robot Interaction within a Care Home

Research on social robots in care has often focused on either the care recipients or the technology itself, neglecting the care workers who, in and through their collaborative and coordinative practices, will need to work with the robots. To better understand these interactions with a social robot (Pepper), we underto…

CHI '205th+ AuthorElderly Care & Dementia Support +1

Exploring Human-Robot Interaction with the Elderly: Results from a Ten-Week Case Study in a Care Home

Ageing societies and the associated pressure on the care systems are major drivers for new developments in socially assistive robotics. To understand better the real-world potential of robot-based assistance, we undertook a 10-week case study in a care home involving groups of residents, caregivers and managers as sta…

CHI '205th+ AuthorSerious & Functional Games +1

Social Technology Appropriation in Dementia: Investigating the Role of Caregivers in Engaging People with Dementia with a Videogame-based Training System

There has been increasing interest in designing for dementia in recent years. Empirical investigation is now needed of the long-term role of caregivers in appropriating ICTs into the complex daily life of people with dementia (PwD). We present here the outcomes of a 4-month evaluation of the individual, social and ins…

CSCW '184th AuthorSocial Support and Care

Facilitating Collaboration and Social Experiences with Videogames in Dementia: Results and Implications from a Participatory Design Study

The prevalence of dementia and the need for associated forms of care is increasing rapidly. Information and communication technologies (ICT) have the potential to support collaboration and cooperation between people with dementia and their caregivers and to promote the independence, wellbeing and quality of life of al…

CHI '184th AuthorVR Medical Training & Rehabilitation +1

Exploring the Potential of Exergames to affect the Social and Daily Life of People with Dementia and their Caregivers

This paper presents the outcomes of an exploratory field study that examined the social impact of an ICT-based suite of exergames for people with dementia and their caregivers. Qualitative data was collected over a period of 8 months, during which time we studied the daily life of 14 people with dementia and their inf…

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