Making robots matter in dementia care
Conceptualising the triadic interaction between caregiver, resident and robot animal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2250368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcus Persson (0000-0003-2818-8001, Department of Education and Sociology Institution of Behavioral Sciences and Learning Linköping University Linköping Sweden, corresponding author), Clara Iversen (0000-0002-6941-5760, Department of Social Work Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden), David Redmalm (0000-0001-9902-1191, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare Division of Sociology Mälardalen University Västerås Sweden) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1192-1211 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.13786 |
| PMID | 38733615 |
| OpenAlex | W4396823176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 53 |
While previous research studies have focused on either caregivers' or residents' perception and use of social robots, this article offers an empirical and theoretical examination of joint activities in triadic human-robot interaction. The symptomatology of dementia creates an asymmetrical relation wherein the impetus to employ a robot often originates from the caregiver. Drawing on field work and video recorded interactions in dementia care homes, the article investigates how caregivers draw on embodied resources to involve residents and robot animals in interaction. The analysis demonstrates how caregivers promote commitment and encounter resistance with residents. We draw on the theory of sociomaterial interactionism to study situated interaction between bodies in a meaning-generating process. By re-conceptualising the theoretical notions of manipulation and recruitment, the article offers an approach for studying orientations that distinguish between reciprocity of agential objects. We show that caregivers usually distinguish between interactions with people and machines by anticipating a specific response from the robots (manipulation), while they invite participation in a broader sense from residents (recruitment). Social friction arises, however, if caregivers act upon the residents as embodied objects in manipulative ways
Cognitive science · Dementia · Embodied cognition · Interactionism · Meaning (existential · Mobile robot · Perception · Psychotherapist · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Robot · Situated · Social relation · Social robot · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI
Robotic Animals in Dementia Care
Qualitative Interviewing and Grounded Theory Analysis
Qualitative Interviewing and Grounded Theory Analysis
Glossary of transcript symbols with an introduction
Ethnography
How robots challenge institutional practices
Tactile care, mechanical Hugs
Robotic misinformation in dementia care
Assisted eating in late-stage dementia
Objects, Meanings, and Role Identities
Multiple Temporalities of Language and Body in Interaction
Recruitment
Staging Paro
Surprise As an Interactional Achievement
Caring for robots
Robot Caregiver or Robot-Supported Caregiving
Socializing robots
A Long-Term Autonomous Robot at a Care Hospital
What makes a robot ‘social
Social robots
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition
Humans and Others, Agents and Things
Towards a Theory of Posthuman Care
Three orders in the organization of human action
Mind, Self, and Society
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research
The Turn to Things
The Mangle of Practice
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |