Therapeutic Effectiveness of PARO Companion Robot for Elderly With Mild Cognitive Impairment/Dementia in Elderly Residential Setting: A Quasi-experimental Study

"Training session~Facilitators will facilitate participants' interaction with PARO for 7 main activities, namely: (1) hugging PARO; (2) expressing emotions to PARO: (3) remembering PARO; (4) feeding PARO; (5) sleeping PARO; (6) bathing PARO; (7) decorating PARO.~Free-play session~In these sessions, every participant can interact with one PARO without instructions but are under the safety supervision of a PARO facilitator."

Facilitators will facilitate participants' interaction with PARO for 7 main activities, namely: (1) hugging PARO; (2) expressing emotions to PARO: (3) remembering PARO; (4) feeding PARO; (5) sleeping PARO; (6) bathing PARO; (7) decorating PARO.