Quels sont les objets égarés à domicile par les personnes âgées fragiles ? Une étude pilote sur 60 personnes

Loosing objects is a cause of conflicts between frail elderlies and their caregivers. To our knowledge, the literature addressing delusion of theft doesn't provide information on the objects that are involved. In the RIDDLE project, we are using a companion robot to help the elderly find the objects they are looking for. Hence, we initiated a study with the cross interviews of 60 patient/caregiver dyads to identify which objects would be most relevant to them. Objects are looked for by the patient according to 72 % of the patients and 82 % of the caregivers. The most commonly looked for objects, when they are in use by the patient, are: spectacles (45 %), house keys (34 %), mobile (31 %), wallet (26 %), remote control (19 %), and cane (22 %). After rigging the localization technology to the afore-mentioned objects, the related service will have to be customized to the ways of the user.