Attitudes towards care robots among Finnish home care personnel – a comparison of two approaches

Rantanen, Teemu; Lehto, Paula; Vuorinen, Pertti; Coco, Kirsi

doi:10.1111/scs.12508

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“…Technological frames may also vary across different cultural and physical contexts. Comparative quantitative studies focusing on care personnel's attitudes and fears toward care robots in Finland versus Japan reveal that care personnel in Finland have more negative attitudes and fear towards the introduction of care robots in elderly care than their counterparts in Japan [64,65]. Mavridis et al (2012) conducted a survey investigating people's attitudes and opinions regarding robots in the middle east [66].…”

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confidence: 99%

Technological Frames and Care Robots in Eldercare

Frennert

Aminoff

Östlund

2020

Int J of Soc Robotics

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Care robots are often portrayed as an exciting new technology for improving care practices. Whether these robots will be accepted and integrated into care work or not, is likely to be affected by the assumptions, expectations and understandings held by potential end users, such as frontline staff and the people that are cared for. This paper describes how the conceptual framework of technological frames was used to identify the nature of care robots, care robots in use and care robot strategy as shared group level assumptions, expectations and understandings of care robots among care staff and potential care receivers. Focus groups were conducted with 94 participants. These groups consisted of line managers, frontline care staff, older people and students training to become carers. The technological frame of the nature of care robots revealed two complementary components: care robots as a threat to the quality of care, and care robots as substitute for humans and human care, held together by imaginaries of care robots. The technological frame of care robots in use revealed aspects of prospective end-users' uncertainty of their ability to handle care robots, and their own perceived lack of competence and knowledge about care robots. In addition, the following potential criteria for successful use of care robots were identified: adequate training, incentives for usage (needs and motives), usability, accessibility and finances. The technological frame of care robot strategy was revealed as believed cost savings and staff reduction. The novelty of the results, and their relevance for science and practice, is derived from the theoretical framework which indicates that adoption of care robots will be dependent on how well societies succeed in collectively shaping congruent technological frames among different stakeholders and aligning technological development accordingly.

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Section: Research Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological Frames and Care Robots in Eldercare

Frennert

Aminoff

Östlund

2020

Int J of Soc Robotics

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“…Similar methods were used across studies to obtain data to answer the research questions. All five of the studies used questionnaires, three used solely questionnaires, [5,6,10] one used focus groups and question-naires, [11] and one used individual user tests and questionnaires. [4] Out of the 23 publications included in this review, there were five secondary studies of differing types, including two literature reviews, [12,13] one integrative review, [14] one rapid evidence review, [15] and one systematic review.…”

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Global policies on assistive robots for care of the elderly: A scoping review

Plaschka¹,

Sawchuck

Orr

et al. 2020

IJH

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The elderly are the fastest growing portion of the world population. The majority of elderly want to remain independent as long as possible, with responsibility for their care often falling to family or caregivers. Assistive robots could help maintain independence in the elderly while relieving the burden of care on families and healthcare professionals. This scoping review seeks to examine the type and scope of global policies on the use of robotic technology for care of the elderly in international jurisdictions and to assess how they align with current Canadian policies. This review also seeks to determine current perceptions on the use of robotics in care of the elderly and potential barriers to their use that policy makers could encounter. A comprehensive literature search was conducted for articles related to robotic care of the elderly, perceptions of robotic care of the elderly and related policies, using a global lens. A three-step strategy was used to review and identify articles. The search identified 10 primary and secondary studies and 13 grey literature sources. Studies reported that response to robotic care for the elderly had both positive and negative aspects, and that concerns around privacy and cost were prevalent. Japan and the EU had the most comprehensive policy strategies and proposals. Robotic policy in healthcare is relatively new but will become increasingly important in the coming years. Canada needs to strengthen and anticipate its national policy strategy to ensure it can stay aligned with the fast pace of technological change. Further robust research should continue to explore potential for, and concerns over robotic care.

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“…In recent years, relevant researches on robot acceptability among different groups have been carried out, such as the elderly [22,32,[39][40][41], caregivers in institutions for the aged [42,43], family caregivers [44], and health care students [45]. According to the research of Broadbent et al [22], the elderly residents in retirement villages have a more positive attitude towards assistive robots than their families and caregivers.…”

Section: Research On Acceptability Of Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The results showed that most participants positively evaluated the possibility of using robots to improve diets of the elderly. Rantanen et al [44] studied the attitude of Finnish family caregivers towards care robots through questionnaires. The research found that the perception of caregivers towards the usefulness of care robots affects their behavioral intentions when using robots.…”

Section: Research On Acceptability Of Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study is novel in the following three aspects. First of all, our research subjects are not the elderly [22,37,49], institutional nurses [43,50], informal caregivers [51] or home caregivers [44], but future robot designers. By exploring the attitudes of future designers to the use of robots to assist the elderly, people (e.g., other designers, researchers, engineers) can understand the attitudes of future designers to the use of robots, so as to drive designers to recognize that users (e.g., the elderly) can be regarded as the priority for design and finally design assistive robots that meet the needs of users.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Acceptability of Robots to Assist the Elderly by Future Designers: A Case of Guangdong Ocean University Industrial Design Students

Huang

Liu

2019

Sustainability

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The development of robot technology provides many possibilities for the life support of the elderly. This study explored the acceptability of robots to assist the elderly from the perspective of future designers. A quantitative questionnaire (58 copies) and a qualitative one-to-one interview (10 people) were conducted to explore the attitude of future designers towards the use of robots to assist the elderly. One-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test statistic was used to analyze the data of the questionnaire. The results show that the mean and median of 11 of the 12 dimensions of the acceptability questionnaire are greater than 3 (3 represents uncertain and neutral attitude), and 10 have statistical significance (p < 0.05). Also, the interview results show the positive attitude of future designers. The research shows that future designers hold a positive and open attitude towards the use of robots to assist the elderly. The research findings can help people understand the attitude of future designers and provide some reference for subsequent robot design and development.

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Attitudes towards care robots among Finnish home care personnel – a comparison of two approaches

Cited by 30 publications

References 27 publications

Technological Frames and Care Robots in Eldercare

Technological Frames and Care Robots in Eldercare

Global policies on assistive robots for care of the elderly: A scoping review

Acceptability of Robots to Assist the Elderly by Future Designers: A Case of Guangdong Ocean University Industrial Design Students

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