Focus Groups on Socially-Assistive Robots for Alzheimer s
Are you eligible to participate in this study?
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
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Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease
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Age: Between 18 years - 100 years
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Gender: Male or Female
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Other Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants diagnosed with early stage dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia (self- or other-reported) and his or her primary caregiver (professional or family/friend) that provides care to the participant with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and lives with the person with dementia.
- Participants' primary caregiver/partner needs to also agree to participate in the focus group
- Participants must be a native English speaker (or qualified ESL speaker and able to read English text) as project research staff is not bilingual
- Currently living in the community (not an assisted living facility)
- Must have stable internet connection and capability to stream video with audio
- Participants must have capacity to consent to participation in the study
You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:
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- Participants who cannot complete informed consent process
- Those with a prior diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major psychiatric illness
- Participated in a clinical trial in which the subject received any investigational drug
- Participants with a prior diagnosis of a chronic disabling medical condition that would make it impossible to participate in a focus group via video conferencing or in person
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