CARESSES Testing and Evaluation Phases

Inclusion Criteria (Older Adults): * Aged ≥ 65 years. * Reside in an eligible Advinia care home in the UK or within the HISUISUI facility in Japan. * Reside in a single occupancy bedroom / bedroom area. * Identify themselves as primarily belonging to the White-English or Indian cultures (UK site only), or Japanese culture (Japan site only). * Unlikely to express aggression towards themselves, the robot, and/or the researcher (as assessed by the interRAI- Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) tool Aggressive Behaviour Scale (ABS) \< 1). * Have the cognitive ability to participate in the study (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) ≤ 2). * Unlikely to fall ill and be hospitalized during study period (as assessed by the FRAIL-NH scale ≤ 10) * Verbally able to communicate in and understand English (UK site only) or Japanese (Japan site only). Exclusion Criteria: * Aged \< 65 years. * Reside in multiple-occupancy bedrooms (UK site only) * Do not identify themselves as primarily belonging to the Indian, White-English or Japanese culture. * Likely to express aggression towards themselves the robot, and/or the researcher (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool ABS ≥ 1). * Do not have sufficient cognitive ability to participate in the study (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool CPS \> 2). * Likely to fall ill and be hospitalized during study period (as assessed by the FRAIL-NH scale \> 10) * Not able to communicate in and understand English (UK site only)…