Martina Roes
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About
Martina Roes is a leading researcher at the intersection of dementia care, gerontechnology, and psychosocial interventions, with a particular focus on combating loneliness in long-term care settings. Her work critically examines how assistive technologies—from social robots to active assisted living (AAL) systems—can be effectively implemented to support people living with dementia. Roes’s major contributions include pioneering scoping reviews that synthesize evidence on technology acceptance, such as her highly cited 2021 review on assistive technologies for loneliness (45 citations) and her 2023 review using the Almere Model to identify facilitators and barriers to social robot adoption (27 citations). She has also led European surveys on AAL implementation and conducted innovative ethnographic fieldwork in Danish nursing homes, exploring how pet robots become part of daily life—as seen in her 2024 study “The Woman with the Dog.” Her work is notable for bridging technical feasibility with real-world psychosocial outcomes, offering actionable insights for clinicians, designers, and policymakers. With a growing citation impact and a focus on person-centered, ethically grounded technology deployment, Roes is shaping how we understand and address loneliness in dementia care through meaningful human-robot interaction.
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