Research Article
Providing Aging Adults Social Robots’ Companionship in Home-Based Elder Care
Table 4
Ranking differences between life situations in the experts’ ranking list and those in the aging adults’ ranking list.
| | Life situations | Experts’ ranking (feasibility) | Aging adults’ ranking (demand) | Absolute differences between two ranking numbers | Social robots’ applicability |
| | Dinning | 1 | 1 | 0 | Highly applicable | | Short breaking | 2 | 10 | 8 | Adverse | | Sleeping | 3 | 12 | 9 | Adverse | | Doing housework | 4 | 2 | 2 | Applicable | | Entertaining | 5 | 8 | 3 | Applicable | | Doing healthcare | 6 | 4 | 2 | Applicable | | Watching TV | 7 | 7 | 0 | Highly applicable | | Reading | 8 | 11 | 3 | Applicable | | Exercising | 9 | 3 | 6 | Inapplicable | | Studying | 10 | 6 | 4 | Inapplicable | | Using computers/telephones | 11 | 5 | 6 | Inapplicable | | Religious activities | 12 | 9 | 3 | Applicable |
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