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Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities
This future-oriented study examines the opportunities and challenges offered by social robots and communication technology when aiming to decrease emotional and social loneliness in older people residing in assisted living (AL). The paper draws on prior literature on loneliness, elder care and socia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33041358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102640 |
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author | Pirhonen, Jari Tiilikainen, Elisa Pekkarinen, Satu Lemivaara, Marjut Melkas, Helinä |
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description | This future-oriented study examines the opportunities and challenges offered by social robots and communication technology when aiming to decrease emotional and social loneliness in older people residing in assisted living (AL). The paper draws on prior literature on loneliness, elder care and social robots. The aim is to scan the futures regarding technology support for the frail older people in future AL. The analytical frame was built on Robert Weiss’ division of relational functions: attachment, social integration, opportunity for nurturance, reassurance of worth, sense of reliable alliance, and guidance in stressful situations, and on a distinction between direct and indirect social robots. Our examinations show that social robots could tackle both emotional and social loneliness in assisted living by empowering people to engage in different forms of social interaction inside and outside the facility. However, ethical concerns of objectification, lack of human contact, and deception need to be thoroughly considered when implementing social robots in care for frail older people. |
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spelling | pubmed-75348742020-10-06 Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities Pirhonen, Jari Tiilikainen, Elisa Pekkarinen, Satu Lemivaara, Marjut Melkas, Helinä Futures Article This future-oriented study examines the opportunities and challenges offered by social robots and communication technology when aiming to decrease emotional and social loneliness in older people residing in assisted living (AL). The paper draws on prior literature on loneliness, elder care and social robots. The aim is to scan the futures regarding technology support for the frail older people in future AL. The analytical frame was built on Robert Weiss’ division of relational functions: attachment, social integration, opportunity for nurturance, reassurance of worth, sense of reliable alliance, and guidance in stressful situations, and on a distinction between direct and indirect social robots. Our examinations show that social robots could tackle both emotional and social loneliness in assisted living by empowering people to engage in different forms of social interaction inside and outside the facility. However, ethical concerns of objectification, lack of human contact, and deception need to be thoroughly considered when implementing social robots in care for frail older people. The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020-12 2020-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7534874/ /pubmed/33041358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102640 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Pirhonen, Jari Tiilikainen, Elisa Pekkarinen, Satu Lemivaara, Marjut Melkas, Helinä Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title | Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title_full | Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title_fullStr | Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title_full_unstemmed | Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title_short | Can robots tackle late-life loneliness? Scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
title_sort | can robots tackle late-life loneliness? scanning of future opportunities and challenges in assisted living facilities |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33041358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102640 |
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