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Darina Petrovsky

Elizabeth C. Clipp Term Chair of Nursing
School of Nursing

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Prototype Features for a Sleep-Enhancing Music App in Older Adults Living with Dementia

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractMusic interventions show promise for addressing insomnia in persons living with dementia (PLWD), as musical memory often remains intact despite cognitive decline and can be personalized to individ ... Full text Cite

Enhancing Dementia Care with Social Robot-Guided Music Interventions

Conference Proceedings 2024 IEEE ACM Conference on Connected Health Applications Systems and Engineering Technologies Chase 2024 · January 1, 2024 To address the need for dementia care, we developed a novel social robot-guided music intervention system named the Music intervention Using Socially Engaging robotics (MUSE). Utilizing the state-of-the-art Pepper robot, this system is an innovative fusion ... Full text Cite

POSTER: Design of a Music Intervention System Using Social Robotics for Cognitive Enhancement

Conference Proceedings 2023 IEEE ACM International Conference on Connected Health Applications Systems and Engineering Technologies Chase 2023 · January 1, 2023 To aid in the care of older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), many forms of therapies and interventions have been created. One such approach, music intervention, uses song and dance to engage users cognitively, physically ... Full text Cite

Key recommendations from the 2021 "inclusion of older adults in clinical research" workshop.

Conference Journal of clinical and translational science · January 2022 Older adults are often underrepresented in clinical research, even though older adults are major consumers of novel therapies. We present major themes and recommendations from the 2021 "Inclusion of Older Adults in Clinical Research" Workshop, convened by ... Full text Cite

Dementia caregiver interventions among Chinese population: What we know and we need to do next

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · September 1, 2018 Link to item Cite