Robots: A Good Idea for Caregiving?
Posted: September 13, 2020 Filed under: Emotional and Physical Challenges, Miscellaneous, Topics of Current Interest | Tags: Robotic Carer, Robots, The Caregiver Space, The Guardian 1 CommentOn September 10, 2020 The Caregiver Space discussed an article that appeared in the Guardian. Would you want a robot to be your relative’s carer? The point of the article was that people need human relationships involving empathy and attachment and that robots do not satisfy that need in caregiving situations. Read more in the Guardian.
My reply? Well, of course not! But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t use a robot as an assistive device—just like a cane, walker, or Emergency Response System.
What do you think?
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