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Mario Gregorio is a prominent researcher specializing in gerontechnology, dementia care, and social robotics within healthcare settings. His work sits at the intersection of aging, technology, and patient-centered care, with a particular focus on improving the well-being of older adults and individuals living with dementia. Gregorio is perhaps best known for his highly influential 2019 scoping review on the social robot PARO, which has amassed over 354 citations and remains a foundational reference for researchers and clinicians exploring robotic interventions in dementia care. Complementing this, his qualitative video-ethnographic study exploring how people with dementia perceive PARO in hospital settings (89 citations) offered rare, nuanced insight into the lived experiences of this often-underrepresented population. His subsequent scoping review on telepresence robots (58 citations) extended this work into social isolation — a concern amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which he also examined directly through a qualitative study of loneliness among Canadian long-term care residents (51 citations). A distinctive thread running through his research is a deep commitment to patient and family engagement, evident in his methodological work advocating for involving patients and families as genuine research partners. Gregorio's contributions have meaningfully shaped how care settings evaluate and implement emerging technologies to support vulnerable older populations.
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- 6Involving patients and families in a social robot study14 citations · 2019
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