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Last modified by Péter Angeli on 2022/04/03 18:00
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9 9  Patients usually live home alone at this stage.
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11 +Other than aiming to help with their onset of dementia, our robot also aims to help elderly people feel less alone. More than 60% of people older than 75 feel alone and isolated ([[Source>>https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/geriatrics/social-issues-in-older-adults/older-adults-living-alone]]). A robot that they can talk to at home, or have interaction with could improve their mood and general well being.
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11 11  === General environment ===
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13 -People of old age usually have smaller houses and fewer rooms than bigger families. This allows the user to not move the robot room-by-room, but have it in a central position from where it's audible in the entire house. The home consists of a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and a living room.
15 +People of old age usually have smaller houses and fewer rooms than bigger families. This allows the user to not move the robot room-by-room, but have it in a central position from where it's audible in the entire house. The home consists of a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and living room.
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15 15  === Social Contact ===
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17 -Under this circumstance, people will have no social contact with other people; for the robot, it only has to focus on the user himself.
19 +Under this circumstance, people will have no social contact with other people; the robot only has to focus on the original user and can not confuse other people with its owner.
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20 20  = **Care facilities** =
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35 35  Our robot choice allows the patients to pick up the robot and bring it with them to these facilities because it's relatively easy. However it's not recommended.
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37 -== Social Contact ==
39 +=== Social Contact ===
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39 39  Under this circumstance, patients will have communications with other people as well as the caregivers, and patient's main focus will not be placed on the robot brought, so we assume the robot to enter a supervised mode and try not disturb the conversations.