Robots in nursing homes boost employee retention, enhance patient care

From the article

>A study by a University of Notre Dame expert on the future of work finds that robot use is associated with increased employment and employee retention, improved productivity and a higher [quality of care](https://phys.org/tags/quality+of+care/). The research has important implications for the workplace and the long-term care industry.

>Yong Suk Lee, associate professor of technology, economy and global affairs at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, was the lead author for the study, [published](https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0927537124001623) in *Labour Economics*.

>Most studies of robots in the workplace have focused on manufacturing and the [industrial sector](https://phys.org/tags/industrial+sector/), but Lee’s research broke new ground by analyzing long-term care—and by looking at the different types of robots used in this setting. Researchers drew on surveys of Japanese nursing homes taken in 2020 and 2022.

>”Our research focused on Japan because it is a super-aging society that provides a good example of what the future could entail elsewhere—a declining population, a growing share of senior citizens and a declining share of working-age people,” Lee said. “We need to be ready for this new reality.”

well, at least those robots don’t inject excess insulin to kill you or beat you up and abuse you like ReAL hUmaNs do.