GratiBot: Enhancing Relationships of Caregivers and Older Adult Care Recipients through Gratitude

Abstract

Enhancing relationships between caregivers and older adult care recipients relationships are a common goal for caregivers all over the world. One way to improve a relationship is through gratitude. Therefore, we designed and built a high-fidelity prototype of the GratiBot, a robot designed to facilitate mutual gratitude practices. The GratiBot is implemented as a mobile application that is accessible and affordable for caregivers around the world. Caregivers and their care recipients can use GratiBot to foster positive relationship interactions. We designed the storyboard based on the results of the interviews with seven caregivers from the U.S. and Taiwan.