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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85651, first published .
Elderly woman conversing with a humanoid robot in a living room.

Evaluation of Personas and Daily Activity Maps to Inform Clinical Care and Socially Assistive Robot Training and Design for Persons With Dementia: Mixed Methods Study

Evaluation of Personas and Daily Activity Maps to Inform Clinical Care and Socially Assistive Robot Training and Design for Persons With Dementia: Mixed Methods Study

Adeline Nyamathi   1 , ANP, PhD ;   Mahkameh Rasouli   1, 2 , BSc ;   Cheonkam Jeong   1 , PhD ;   Sabine Brunswicker   3 , PhD ;   Elena Agapie   2 , PhD ;   Jocelyn Ludlow   1 , PhD ;   Riyam Jawad   4 , MS ;   Chet Khay   5 , MSN, FNP ;   Audrey Lu   2 ;   Jessica Ding Liao   2 ;   Saba Azizabadi Farahani   6 , MSc ;   Jung-Ah Lee   1 , PhD ;   Nikil Dutt   2 , PhD ;   Amir Rahmani   1, 2 , MBA, PhD ;   Erik Krogh   7 , PhD

1 Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

2 Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

3 Research Center for Digital Innovation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States

4 NaviGAIT, Irvine, CA, United States

5 Amore Senior Living, Laguna Niguel, CA, United States

6 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

7 Smart Forward, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Adeline Nyamathi, ANP, PhD
  • Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California Irvine
  • 854 Health Sciences Rd
  • Irvine, CA 92697
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 949-824-8932
  • Email: anyamath@hs.uci.edu