A lot of Western Nations are facing the problem of caring for the elderly, there is a growing number of elderly people due to the better standards of health care which means that people are living longer, but there is a shortage of staff to care for them.
Norway have come up with a solution to the problem, they will be using robots to look after their elderly. Human care will not be replaced entirely, but certain tasks could be carried out by the robots, which will free human carers to give the personal care more effectively and efficiently.
There has been no word on when the robots will be put into use. Overall I say that this is a good idea, the robots could be used to perform the simple tasks of housework.
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1 Mark // Feb 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Great news and very important for the rapidly growing older age groups in the developed world,just as long as there still is quite a bit of human talk and interaction for the patients.
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