care homesinterviewslonelinessnursingolder peopleR‐UCLA Loneliness ScaleAim and objectives: The aim of this study was to explore loneliness in older people (aged 65+) living in care homes in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Background: Loneliness, defined as the subjective, unwelcome feeling of the lack or...
BMC Geriatrics (2023) 23:170 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03834-0 BMC Geriatrics RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access What are the effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence...
BMC Geriatrics (2023) 23:170 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03834-0 BMC Geriatrics RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access What are the effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence...
These robots are usually deployed directly in the patient’s house or in retirement homes. Given the variety of functionalities implemented by social robots, it is useful to further divide them in two sub-categories, service and companion robots. Service robots are usually defined as autonomous ...
2.2. Social robots in care In almost all countries of the world, the proportion of people over 60 years of age has been increasing for several decades and with it the demand for support from long-term care services, including nursing homes and long-term care facilities [14]. Older age usu...
For some years, health and social care policy has emphasised enabling older people to live in their own homes (Colombo et al., 2011; European Commission, 2015; DHSC, 2020; Foundations, 2015; Humphries et al., 2016; Katz, 2011). Older people who enter care homes are therefore tending to...
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Though originally designed to encourage formal institutional care, LTC services in practice and policy emphasis have increasingly shifted towards home and community-based care (Colombo et al. 2011, Feng et al. 2020b). This shift partly reveals older people’ preference to age in their homes or ...