The development of aged care robots in Japan as a varied process

Hsu, Eric L.; Elliott, Anthony; Ishii, Yukari; Sawai, Atsushi; Katagiri, Masataka

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101366

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“…As a result, the Japanese government has increased the work welfare of nursing workers and then actively promoted research and invention of nursing robots which have been put into the market and application [14]. From 2013 to 2017, Japan funded approximately 12.5 billion yen in the development and promotion of the introduction of robot care services [15]. The efforts led to the creation of various robots which can provide transfer support, mobility support, toileting support, and dementia monitoring [16].…”

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How Can China Deal with the Aging Problem Based on Japans Experience?

Liu

2023

LNEP

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The ageing problem has become a global trend due to the low birth rate caused by the pressure and cost of raising a baby and the increasing life expectancy resulting from technological improvements. Many countries have taken measures such as promoting the birth rate and delaying the retirement age to deal with this situation. However, the rather disappointing result demonstrates that more sustainable and effective methods are needed. This research compares the solutions to the ageing problem between China and Japan, aimed at providing new ideas and possible directions to the struggle with the ageing problem.

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How Can China Deal with the Aging Problem Based on Japans Experience?

Liu

2023

LNEP

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“…This literature, however, does not employ the concept of narrative. It has been observed that governmental support for care robotics and the roboticists' design practices have promoted a one-sided cultural conception of care work, which has been criticised as technocratic, paternalistic and lacking substantial input from elderly persons (Neven, 2010;Hsu et al, 2020;Wright, 2020). Furthermore, the rhetorical character of the discourse about care robots has been addressed, for instance, in how 'the use of the term "assistance" is consciously linked to traditional metaphors of the care setting, including welfare, companionship and empathetic support, in order to increase the social acceptability of these new technologies' (Krings & Weinberger, 2018:2).…”

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The self-perpetuation of the promise of care robots

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Meister³

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This article employs a narrative approach to explain the self-perpetuation of the promise of care robots. For two decades, care robots have been viewed as a promising digital innovation that will relieve care workers from service tasks and thus improve the situation in the care sector. Though they still show a rather poor performance in real-world applications, the expectations are as high as ever. To explain the self-perpetuation of the promise of care robots, we investigate sensemaking practices in the discourse about care robots and show how a predominant overarching narrative as well as project-related sensemaking practices play out.

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