>There were 131,000 vacancies for adult care workers in England, a report by charity, Skills for Care, found last year. And in all, around two million people aged 65 and over in England are living with unmet care needs, according to Age UK.
>By 2050, one in four people in the UK expected to be aged 65 or over, potentially putting more strain still on the care system.
>Which is where robots come in.
EditedRed on
We need to ask the real questions, can the robots trust our elderly?
AppropriateScience71 on
>*Would you trust them to?*”
Well, if the alternative is nothing or greatly reduced care, of course I’d “trust” them.
But I’d also have pretty low expectations and realize I might need to reorganize their house to optimize how the robots can actually help.
notapunk on
I’ve seen enough nursing homes to think that this might be the best option
BuildwithVignesh on
Robots in elder care will probably end up like seatbelts or ATMs. At first people won’t trust them, then one day it just feels normal.
The real question is whether we design them to support human caregivers or to replace them. If it’s the first adoption will be way smoother.
WorldofLoomingGaia on
I’d trust them a hell of a lot more than the average nurse tbh.
I’ve seen too much. :/ something about that profession attracts two kinds of people: saints and sociopaths…and it’s about 50/50.
madhattergm on
My robot:
“Put the money in a bag or i will harm you!”
JakeTurk1971 on
Well, if these things can take care of them, that implies bringing them both back to life, so fuck yeah I’m onboard with this.
hyper9410 on
1st generation products like this will always have kinks. if they mess up folding laundry its not as bad if they wack a person helping them get up or something.
But I guess unless nursing workers get paid more and attract more people to get into nursing there seems no other way around using robots.
It will either start at the very low end nursing homes, where they keep costs down using robots with some casualties or across the board where everyone trusts them as there are no other options and they work reliable.
bombscare on
I’ll probably buy one if it comes to it. I’d trust it before some random min wage humam
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>There were 131,000 vacancies for adult care workers in England, a report by charity, Skills for Care, found last year. And in all, around two million people aged 65 and over in England are living with unmet care needs, according to Age UK.
>By 2050, one in four people in the UK expected to be aged 65 or over, potentially putting more strain still on the care system.
>Which is where robots come in.
We need to ask the real questions, can the robots trust our elderly?
>*Would you trust them to?*”
Well, if the alternative is nothing or greatly reduced care, of course I’d “trust” them.
But I’d also have pretty low expectations and realize I might need to reorganize their house to optimize how the robots can actually help.
I’ve seen enough nursing homes to think that this might be the best option
Robots in elder care will probably end up like seatbelts or ATMs. At first people won’t trust them, then one day it just feels normal.
The real question is whether we design them to support human caregivers or to replace them. If it’s the first adoption will be way smoother.
I’d trust them a hell of a lot more than the average nurse tbh.
I’ve seen too much. :/ something about that profession attracts two kinds of people: saints and sociopaths…and it’s about 50/50.
My robot:
“Put the money in a bag or i will harm you!”
Well, if these things can take care of them, that implies bringing them both back to life, so fuck yeah I’m onboard with this.
1st generation products like this will always have kinks. if they mess up folding laundry its not as bad if they wack a person helping them get up or something.
But I guess unless nursing workers get paid more and attract more people to get into nursing there seems no other way around using robots.
It will either start at the very low end nursing homes, where they keep costs down using robots with some casualties or across the board where everyone trusts them as there are no other options and they work reliable.
I’ll probably buy one if it comes to it. I’d trust it before some random min wage humam