Needs and challenges of care robots in nursing care setting: A literature review

Abstract

This study aims to identify needs and challenges of care robot in nursing care setting through an extensive search of the literature. As the result shows, there exists a shortage of information about results of the introduction of care robots, the needs of recipients and care providers, and relevant ethical problems. To advance our research and to introduce care robots into setting, there are so many things to do; consider the application of natural language processing technology by collaborating with researchers in the robotics field, carry out an investigation, extract the needs, clarify ethical problems and seek solutions, conduct the on-site experiment study, and so on.

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“…Nagai et al [10] attempts to determine the demands and challenges of using a care robot in a nursing care context. As a result, there is a scarcity of information about the effects of the introduction of care robots, the demands of patients and caregivers, and ethical issues that may arise.…”

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“…As a solution to this workforce shortage of elderly care, the governments of nations such as Japan, US and Germany have been encouraging the introduction of robots in nursing homes. Recent efforts towards this goal can be seen in the work of Nagai et al, which provides an analysis of the challenges to introduce robots into these environments in [3]. Pineau et al introduced a robot assistant that autonomously guided the elderly and also reminded them of their schedules [4].…”