In the context of recent demographic changes and related societal challenges, socially assistive robots (SARs) are considered having the potential to support independence and care of older adults. However, little is known about the preferred SAR-features of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) residing in assisted living and their caregivers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two stakeholder groups: older adults with MCI and their (in)formal caregivers. Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Forty individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with older adults with MCI (N = 30) and (in)formal caregivers (N = 10). Data revealed seven common role-expectations regarding SARs for both the older adults and caregivers: (1) companion, (2) health assistant, (3) household assistant, (4) physical assistant, (5) cognitive assistant, (6) coach, (7) leisure buddy. One additional, eighth role was identified for the caregivers, i.e. job assistant. The results of this study provide a better knowledge of the features to consider during the development process of SARs in order to maximize the perceived usefulness and hence the intention to use and actual adoption. Additionally, a feasibility analysis showed which features should have the primary focus during the further software development of an existing SAR called James^® within the ReMIND-project.

在最近的人口变化和相关社会挑战的背景下，社交辅助机器人（SAR）被认为有潜力支持老年人的独立和护理。然而，人们对居住在辅助生活机构中的患有轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 的老年人及其照顾者的首选 SAR 特征知之甚少。对两个利益相关者群体进行了半结构化访谈：患有 MCI 的老年人及其（非正式）正式护理人员。使用归纳主题分析来分析数据。对 40 名患有 MCI 的老年人 (N = 30) 和正式护理人员 (N = 10) 进行了半结构化访谈。数据显示了老年人和护理人员对 SAR 的七种常见角色期望：(1) 陪伴，(2) 健康助理，(3) 家庭助理，(4) 物理助理，(5) 认知助理，(6) 教练，（7）休闲哥们。还为护理人员确定了第八个角色，即工作助理。本研究的结果使人们更好地了解 SAR 开发过程中需要考虑的特征，以便最大限度地提高感知有用性，从而最大限度地提高使用意向和实际采用。此外，可行性分析显示了在 ReMIND 项目中名为 James ^®的现有 SAR 的进一步软件开发过程中应重点关注哪些功能。