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1		-**Issue:** Loss of functionality due to memory weaknesses (short term/prospective memory loss). Their capability to remember whether they have done a task/if they need to do something may not be remembered by them. Our focus is on people who still CAN do the required activities, but struggle due to these memory weaknesses.
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3		-**Handling daily activities/Taking pills:** Right now, a caregiver comes into the room,** talks to the patient** (humane factor), and **ensures that pills are taken** by delivering them themselves at certain times based on some schedule. We want a robot to handle this to alleviate the workload of the caregiver. This needs to make sure **the human need of interaction** is kept, while delivering the correct pills at the right time. However, the dementia patient also needs to be able to make the choice themselves.
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5		-**Refusing compliance: **The patient may not comply, believing they have already done the activity or that the activity is pointless. This requires the robot to foster a level of trust, or to somehow convince, or to back off.
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7		-There are other cases, such as changing clothes, go to the shower, eat/drink.
	1	+**Issue:** Loss of functionality due to memory weaknesses (short term/prospective memory loss). Their capability to remember whether they have done a task/if they need to do something may not be remembered by them.