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About
Neil Horne is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of aging, dementia care, and assistive technology, with a particular focus on how social robots can improve the lives of older adults in clinical and residential settings. His most influential contribution, a 2019 scoping review on the social robot PARO—accumulating an impressive 354 citations—systematically mapped the benefits and barriers of integrating robotic technology into dementia care environments, becoming an essential reference for clinicians and researchers alike. Complementing this, his video-ethnographic study exploring how people living with dementia actually perceive and interact with PARO in hospital settings offered rare, nuanced insight into patient experience, garnering 89 citations. More recently, Horne expanded his scope to examine telepresence robots as tools for combating social isolation in aged care, a timely contribution given challenges highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A distinctive thread running through his research is a commitment to participatory methods—actively involving patients and family partners in the research process itself, ensuring that vulnerable populations help shape the studies designed to serve them. His body of work has meaningfully advanced understanding of how emerging technologies can humanize and enhance care for older adults with cognitive impairment.
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- 4Involving patients and families in a social robot study14 citations · 2019
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