Kazuko Obayashi, Naonori Kodate, Yoko Ishii, Shigeru Masuyama. Assistive technologies and aging in place for people with dementia and disabilities: a proof-of-concept study with in-home passive remote monitoring with interactive communication functions. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 2023
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Kazuko Obayashi, Naonori Kodate, Shigeru Masuyama. Assessing the Impact of an Original Soft Communicative Robot in a Nursing Home in Japan: Will Softness or Conversations Bring more Smiles to Older People?. International Journal of Social Robotics. 2022
Kazuko Obayashi, Naonori Kodate, Hiromasa Kondo, Yoshimi Okamoto, Yoko Ishii, Takahiro Nonoda, Shigeru Masuyama. The <scp>COVID</scp>-19 pandemic and organizational resilience as unanticipated outcome of introducing socially assistive robots in nursing homes. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2021
Shigeru Masuyama. Can connected technologies improve sleep quality and safety of older adults and care-givers? An evaluation study of sleep monitors and communicative robots at a residential care home in Japan. Technology in Society. 2020